chaplaincy

American  

[chap-lin-see] / ˈtʃæp lɪn si /

noun

chaplaincies plural

1. the position or tenure of a chaplain.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chaplaincies
  plural

Example Sentences

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The change affects how the military tracks and organizes religious affiliation data used for chaplaincy services, accommodations, and internal reporting.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

One of those to benefit from the chaplaincy scheme at Reepham High is 12-year-old Evie.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024

She joined Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2007 and became head of chaplaincy in 2020.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024

But many chaplains and interfaith organizations oppose the chaplaincy campaign, calling the motivation offensive and describing the dangers of introducing a position of authority to children without clear standards or boundaries.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

“Father Amadi said to greet you, Mom. He couldn’t stay, he has people coming to see him at the chaplaincy house,” Amaka said.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Most of the 43 work in such careers as teaching or chaplaincies and perform regular parish work only on temporary weekend assignments.

From Time Magazine Archive

A vexatious problem to U. S. Protestant churches and to the U. S. Department of Justice has been prison chaplaincies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Churches, schools and chaplaincies were some 3,000 priests short.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last fall, Baptist Dr. Alfred Carpenter made a two-month, 33,000-mile tour of U.S. chaplaincies from Casablanca to Japan, Korea and the Pacific for the Navy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Therefore, the resignation from it was governed by the same rule as the resignation from other chaplaincies of the king, who was the one to appoint other incumbents to them.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 25 of 55 1635-36 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander