Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chaplain"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chaplain \Chap"lain\, n. [F. chapelain, fr. LL. capellanus, fr.
capella. See {Chapel}.]
1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs
religious service in a chapel.
2. 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.
3. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct
religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of
a Masonic or a temperance lodge.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chaplain
n : a clergyman ministering to some institution
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