单词 | chaplain |
释义 | chaplainn. 1. gen. The priest, clergyman or minister of a chapel n.; in Middle English a chantry priest. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > chantry-priest chaplain1393 chantry priest1429 chanter1483 chanterist1548 cantarist1800 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ii. 187 Meny chapelayns aren chast ac charite hem faileþ. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 930 Chaplayneȝ to þe chapeles chosen þe gate. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 69 Chapeleyne, capellanus. 1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §18. 14 A Chief Chaplin, or deane of the Chappel. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 71 A man seised in fee of landes deuisable, did deuise them to one for terme of his life, and that he should be a Chapplein, and that he should chaunt for his soule all his life time. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 53 Chaplein is he that performeth divine Service in a Chappell. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. xxvi. 163 He shall dwell In Augustin the chaplain's cell. 1828 J. Hunter Hist. South Yorks. I. 73 The Vicar of Blythe was bound to find a chaplain to celebrate in the chapel of Bawtry. 2. a. spec. A clergyman who conducts religious service in the private chapel of a sovereign, lord, or high official, of a castle, garrison, embassy, college, school, workhouse, prison, cemetery, or other institution, or in the household of a person of rank or quality, in a legislative chamber, regiment, ship, etc.Thirty-six clergymen of the Church of England, and six of the Church of Scotland have the office and title of Chaplain in Ordinary to her (or his) Majesty; there are also several Honorary Chaplains; and among other official positions are those of Chaplain to the Forces, Chaplain of the Fleet, Army Chaplains, Navy Chaplains, etc., etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > chaplain > [noun] chaplaina1100 padre1584 chapel-manc1650 capellanea1661 man-minister1715 sky pilot1865 a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1099 Se cyng Will'm..Rannulfe his capellane þæt biscoprice on Dunholme geaf. a1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1114 Se wæs æror þæs cynges capelein. c1300 Beket 961 Thi Chapeleyn make thu me. 138. J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 511 Some chapeleyns of houshold, summe chapeleyns of honour. 1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 26 The bisshop of Rochestre is tharchebisshops chapelayn of Caunterbury. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iii. 29 The Chaplaine of the tower hath buried them. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xv. 173 A trencher Chaplin in a Gentlemans house. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxiv. 192 Bishops or Presbyters we know & Deacons we know, but what are Chaplains? 1732 True & Faithful Narr. in J. Swift Misc. III. ii. 269 The Chaplains of the several Regiments. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 217 Chaplains to the Forces receive the Pay and Allowances of Majors in the Army. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 223 Wellington esteems a saint only as far as he can be an army chaplain. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. 150 As to that cemetery chaplain. 1884 Crockford's Clerical Directory 399 Examining Chaplain to Abp. of York. b. A nun who recites the inferior services in the chapel of a nunnery. [Littré makes the French chapelaine an ancient title of dignity in a nunnery.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > chapel officer > [noun] chaplainc1405 hebdomary?c1450 hebdomadary?a1475 septimarian1655 septimanarian1845 hebdomadarian1898 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 164 Another Nonne with hire hadde she That was hire Chapeleyne. 1884 Private letter from Montreal In the convents of Canada the domestic Chaplain is frequently, if not always, a woman. c. transferred. ΚΠ 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cvv The deuiles chaplins. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 662 At Listra Jupiters Chaplaines wold have sacrificed unto them. 1607 S. Hieron Spirituall Sonne-ship in Wks. (1620) I. 362 What shall I say? What? as Ahabs chaplaines, ‘Go, and prosper!’ d. attributive. ΚΠ a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) ii. 29 To hape [sic] changed their Princely Soueraignties into such a kind of low, and Chaplaine tenure. 3. Chaplain of the Pope n. an auditor or judge of causes in the sacred palace. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > papal court (Curia) > [noun] > member of courtesan1426 courticianc1550 Chaplain of the Pope1638 curialist1847 1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) vii. 131 There was a Pope..that committed to a Chaplain of his own, Apostolical power to absolve with plenary authority. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1100 |
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