Definition of Chaplein
Chap"lain (?), n. [F.
chapelain, fr. LL. capellanus, fr. capella.
See Chapel.] 1. An ecclesiastic who
has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a
chapel.
2. A clergyman who is officially attached
to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family
or court, for the purpose of performing divine service.
3. Any person (clergyman or layman)
chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a
chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A member of the clergy officially assigned to an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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