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chaplain noun [ ˈtʃaplɪn ]

• a member of the clergy attached to a private chapel, institution, ship, regiment, etc.
• "a prison chaplain"
Origin: Middle English: from Old French chapelain, from medieval Latin cappellanus, originally denoting a custodian of the cloak of St Martin, from cappella, originally ‘little cloak’ (see chapel).


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