chaplain
noun
an ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, etc., or to a military unit.
chaplainship
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a word derived from
chaplain.
Example Sentences
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When Bush visited Yale during Coffin's chaplainship, he sent word he would like to play some squash with his old classmate.
From Time Magazine Archive
And where's the mighty prospect after all, A chaplainship serv'd up, and seven years thrall?
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II by Theophilus Cibber
Candidates for the appointment are invited to apply early, as the clerical portion of the Club list is rapidly filling up, and the chaplainship can only be held by a member.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 by Various
He expostulated vehemently with Bentinck, and begged to be permitted to resign the chaplainship.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
His predecessor in the chaplainship was Dr Adam Ferguson, author of the "History of the Roman Republic," who was also a native of the parish of Logierait.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
