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Chaplain

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chaplain
a Christian clergyman attached to a private chapel of a prominent person or institution or ministering to a military body, professional group, etc
Chaplain 

in the Catholic and Anglican churches:

(1) A clegyman in charge of a chapel or home church and also an assistant parish priest.

(2) A clergyman in the army; in bourgeois states, as a rule, the chaplain has the rank of an officer or general. In addition to his religious functions, the chaplain is also responsible for the political convictions and morale of the soldiers and officers.
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The chaplain did so, and the governor assured him that the man was still mad, and that though he often spoke like a highly intelligent person, he would in the end break out into nonsense that in quantity and quality counterbalanced all the sensible things he had said before, as might be easily tested by talking to him.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
"Ah, not for me," said the chaplain blandly, "for I have been watching you and Miss Honeychurch for quite a little time.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
Please be so good as to appoint my nephew Night Chaplain and Reminder of Mothers and Sisters.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
 
 
 
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