chaplain
noun
an ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, etc., or to a military unit.
chaplains
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pluralof chaplain.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Troops can be bored or anxious, but the ships they are on have chaplains and mental health counsellors, he says, and the troops are well-equipped to deal with the stress.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Leo’s speech to Italian military chaplains last month suggested he isn’t a pacifist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
The Pentagon in recent decades has welcomed a diversity of faiths, with chaplains tasked more with offering personal comfort and guidance than on blessing leaders' decisions.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Rev. Elizabeth Diop, one of two Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplains who lost their jobs for speaking publicly about Soliman, waited outside the mosque to welcome her former colleague back.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2025
He says he comes from the order of the White Fathers, missionaries to the nomadic Bedouin tribes and chaplains to the French Foreign Legion.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
