meaning of chaplain
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.
4. a clergyman ministering to some institution
Related Words
chaplain | chaplaincy | chaplainship |
