chaplain
/ˈt͡ʃæp.lɪn/
chaplain noun: a member of a religious body (who is often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
Noun
chaplain (plural chaplains)
- A member of a religious body (who is often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
- The Railway Mission's regionally based chaplains perform the role of impartial 'friend' to anyone working on the railway, regardless of their faith.2021 September 8, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: Countdown is on to the National Rail Awards 2021”, in RAIL, number 939, page 19
- A person without religious affiliation who carries out similar duties in a secular context.
Proper noun capitalized: Chaplain
Chaplain (plural Chaplains)
- A surname.
chaplain meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
chaplain in Hindi
- चैप्लेन
chaplain in Urdu
- پادری
chaplain in Bengali
- ধর্মযাজক
chaplain in Malayalam
- chaplain
- ചാപ്പലിലെ പുരോഹിതൻ cāppalile purōhitaṉ
More languagesFewer languages
- chaplain in Nepali
- च्याप्लेन, चाप्लेन
- chaplain in Tagalog
- kapelyan
- chaplain in Arabic
- قِسِّيس qissīs, قَسّ qass, قِسّ qiss, كَاهِن kāhin
- chaplain in Indonesian
- kapelan
- chaplain in Vietnamese
- tuyên úy
Examples of chaplain in a sentence
- As a college chaplain I much enjoyed being a Jill of all trades and mistress of none.
- Carr, the battalion's Protestant chaplain, who knows perhaps better than anyone how badly they want to leave.
- He wished he had not been saddled with Whippham's rather futile son as his chaplain.
Forms of chaplain
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chaplains |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Chaplains |
Origin of chaplain
From Middle English chapeleyn, from Old French chapelain, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappellānus, from cappella. Doublet of capelin. Displaced Old English handprēost.
Variant of Chaplin.
Words formed from chaplain
- archchaplain
- chaplaincy
- chaplain general
- chaplainry
- chaplainship
- college chaplain
- domestic chaplain
- football chaplain
- hospital chaplain
- lay chaplain
- military chaplain
- naval chaplain
- prison chaplain
- school chaplain
- sports chaplain
- street chaplain
- unchaplained
Questions about chaplain
- What does chaplain mean?
- Chaplain means a member of a religious body (who is often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
- What is chaplain in Hindi?
- Chaplain in Hindi is चैप्लेन. See Chaplain meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chaplain?
- Chaplain can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce chaplain?
- Chaplain is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃæp.lɪn/.
- What is the plural of chaplain?
- The plural of chaplain is chaplains.
Words near chaplain in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chaplain (page history and authors); Chaplain (page history and authors); chaplain (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chaplain (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chaplain (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ചാപ്പലിലെ പുരോഹിതൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); chaplain (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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