chaplain
pronunciation
How to pronounce chaplain in British English:
UK [ˈtʃæplɪn]
How to pronounce chaplain in American English:
US [ˈtʃæplɪn]
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- Noun:
- a clergyman ministering to some institution
Word Origin
- chaplain
- chaplain: see chapel
- chaplain (n.)
- mid-14c., "minister of a chapel," from Old French chapelein "clergyman" (Modern French chapelain), from Medieval Latin cappellanus "clergyman," originally "custodian of St. Martin's cloak" (see chapel). Replaced Old English capellane (from the same Medieval Latin source) "clergyman who conducts private religious services," originally in great households, later in military regiments, prisons, etc.
Example
- 1. Then why not consult the company chaplain ?
- 2. In the prison chapel , lincoln gazes up at the chaplain .
- 3. One brother spent several years as the head chaplain at west point .
- 4. When the chaplain beckoned to him , he walked confidently into the euphrates and was baptized in babylon .
- 5. An army chaplain from versailles , ohio , father carl subler offers spiritual guidance and religious services to u.s. soldiers stationed in afghanistan .