1. chaplain - Noun
2. Chaplain - Proper noun
An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.
A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service.
Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAbacus, London 2002 p 293 She had a decisive role in influencing the Protestant reformer Matthew Parker to attend court as her chaplain, and prior to her death entrusted her daughter to Parker's care. Source: Internet
According to the Department of Defense, the "Order of Titus award is the only award presented by the Chief of Chaplains to recognize outstanding performance of ministry by chaplains and chaplain assistants. Source: Internet
Although the chaplain persists in trying to lead Meursault from his atheism (or, perhaps more precisely, his apatheism ), Meursault finally accosts him in a rage. Source: Internet
According to the memoirs of the Reverend Mervyn S. Evers, Anglican chaplain to the Lancashire Fusiliers: "The Schwaben Redoubt'' by William Orpen. Source: Internet
After the death of the first chaplain Rev G. H. Nobbs in 1884, a Methodist church was formed and in 1891 a Seventh-day Adventist congregation led by one of Nobbs' sons. Source: Internet
A friend of mine served as a chaplain on the Vegas strip and spent his time talking to bare-chested women backstage. Source: Internet