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chaplaincy|ˈtʃæplɪnsɪ|
[f. prec. + -cy: a modern term, which probably began in the Army; cf. captaincy, etc.]
The office or position of a chaplain; = the earlier chaplainship.
a1745Swift Lett. (T.) The chaplaincy was refused to me, and given to Dr. Lambert. 1821Fosbroke Aricon. 183, I..was offered a Chaplaincy in the Forces. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. I. 291 The promotion of Latimer to a royal chaplaincy. 1878Clergy List 414 Foreign Chaplaincies..are under the superintendence of the Bishop of London. |