prison chaplain

  • 1prison chaplain — noun a chaplain in a prison • Hypernyms: ↑chaplain …

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  • 2chaplain — UK [ˈtʃæplɪn] / US [ˈtʃæplən] noun [countable] Word forms chaplain : singular chaplain plural chaplains a Christian priest or minister who works in an institution such as a school or a hospital, or in the army the prison chaplain …

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  • 3chaplain — chap|lain [ˈtʃæplın] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: chapelain, from Medieval Latin cappellanus, from cappella; CHAPEL] a priest or other religious minister responsible for the religious needs of a club, the army, a hospital etc ▪ the… …

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  • 4chaplain — chap|lain [ tʃæplən ] noun count a Christian priest or MINISTER who works in an institution such as a school or a hospital, or in the army: the prison chaplain …

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  • 5Chaplain — Lt. Barbara Wood presides over communion during a Sunday morning service aboard Nimitz class USS Abraham Lincoln Traditionally, a chaplain is a mini …

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  • 6chaplain — [chap′lən] n. [ME chapelain < OFr < ML capellanus, orig., custodian of St. Martin s cloak: see CHAPEL] 1. a clergyman attached to a chapel, as of a royal court 2. a minister, priest, or rabbi serving in a religious capacity with the armed… …

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  • 7chaplain — n. a hospital; military; prison; ship s chaplain * * * [ tʃæplɪn] military prison ship s chaplain a hospital …

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  • 8prison — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local ▪ federal ▪ overcrowded ▪ high security (esp. BrE), maximum security (esp. AmE), supermax (AmE) …

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  • 9chaplain — [[t]tʃæ̱plɪn[/t]] chaplains N COUNT: oft n N A chaplain is a member of the Christian clergy who does religious work in a place such as a hospital, school, prison, or in the armed forces. He joined the 40th Division as an army chaplain …

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  • 10Chaplain of King's College London — The Chaplain of King s College London is a Church of England minister based at the College s main Strand campus. Chaplains of King s College The Grade I listed College Chapel on the Strand Campus was redesigned in 1864 by Sir George Gilbert Scott …

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