- (n.) 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.
- (n.) An ecclesiastic who has a chapel or who performs religious service in a chapel.
- (n.) Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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