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chaplainship

chaplainship noun: the office or business of a chaplain.

Noun

chaplainship (countable and uncountable, plural chaplainships)

  1. The office or business of a chaplain.
    • the Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC
  2. The possession or revenue of a chapel.

Forms of chaplainship

pluralchaplainships

Origin of chaplainship

From chaplain + -ship.

Questions about chaplainship

What does chaplainship mean?
Chaplainship means the office or business of a chaplain.
What part of speech is chaplainship?
Chaplainship is a noun.
What is the plural of chaplainship?
The plural of chaplainship is chaplainships.

Words near chaplainship in the dictionary

  1. chaplaine
  2. chaplaines
  3. chaplainries
  4. chaplainry
  5. chaplains
  6. chaplainship
  7. chaplainships
  8. CHAPLE syndrome
  9. chapless
  10. chaplet
  11. chapleted

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