chaplaincy
noun
the role, position, or tenure of a chaplain.
chaplaincies
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pluralof chaplaincy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Churches, schools and chaplaincies were some 3,000 priests short.
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
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
Among them: rural reconstruction, the home and family life, chaplaincies among munition workers, youth, prisoners of war, the position of churches on the Continent, post-war reconstruction of Europe and the Far East.
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—All English chaplains on the Continent are licensed to their respective chaplaincies by the Bishop of London, and are within his ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
