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| chaplain [ chápplin ] (plural chaplains) |
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guide in religion: a member of the clergy employed to give religious guidance, e.g. to members of the armed services, schoolchildren, or prisoners
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| [12th century. Via Anglo-Norman, Old French chapelain< medieval Latin cappellanus 'guardian of the cloak of St Martin of Tours' < cappella (see chapel)] |
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  chaplaincy noun |
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