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The office of a chaplain; chaplaincy.
= chaplaincy, n. (Scottish and chiefly historical.)
Ecclesiastical. A band of silk or other material worn round the neck, with the two ends pendent from the shoulders in front, as a part of clerical…
The office or position of a chaplain; = the earlier chaplainship, n.