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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chap•lain /ˈtʃæplɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona member of the clergy who serves with a military unit, or who works with the chapel of a college or hospital.
chap•lain•cy, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chap•lain (chap′lin),USA pronunciation n. - Religionan ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, etc., or to a military unit.
- Religiona person who says the prayer, invocation, etc., for an organization or at an assembly.
- Late Latin, as above
- Late Latin cappellānus custodian of St. Martin's cloak (see chapel, -an); replacing Old English capellan
- Middle French
- Middle English chapelain bef. 1100
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