单词 | chaplain |
释义 | chaplain From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Christianitychaplainchap‧lain /ˈtʃæplɪn/ noun [countable]RRCa priest or other religious minister responsible for the religious needs of a club, the army, a hospital etc the prison chaplainExamples from the Corpuschaplain• He acts as chaplain to the students.• He now leads a busy life as an honorary chaplain in York Minster.• Also patron of chaplains and military chaplains.• By 1257 he was a canon of Lichfield and a papal chaplain.• Reverend Edwards is the new prison chaplain.• His regiment's chaplain spoke of him in the warmest terms as a man of the highest principles.Origin chaplain (1100-1200) Old French chapelain, from Medieval Latin cappellanus, from cappella; → CHAPEL |
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