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Chaplain

//ˈt͡ʃæp.lɪn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
"The Railway Mission's regionally based chaplains perform the role of impartial 'friend' to anyone working on the railway, regardless of their faith."
2
a clergyman ministering to some institution wordnet
3
A person without religious affiliation who carries out similar duties in a secular context.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English chapeleyn, from Old French chapelain, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappellānus, from cappella. Doublet of capelin. Displaced Old English handprēost.

Etymology 2

Variant of Chaplin.

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