'Chaplain' definitions:
Definition of 'chaplain'
From: WordNet
noun
A clergyman ministering to some institution
Definition of 'Chaplain'
From: GCIDE
- Chaplain \Chap"lain\, n. [F. chapelain, fr. LL. capellanus, fr. capella. See Chapel.]
- 1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chaplain'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbe,
- abuna,
- antipope,
- archbishop,
- archdeacon,
- archpriest,
- bishop,
- bishop coadjutor,
- canon,
- cardinal,
- cardinal bishop,
- cardinal deacon,
- cardinal priest,
- churchman,
- clergyman,
- cleric,
- clerical,
- clerk,
- coadjutor,
- curate,
- cure,
- DD,
- dean,
- diocesan,
- divine,
- Doctor of Divinity,
- ecclesiarch,
- ecclesiastic,
- exarch,
- Grand Penitentiary,
- hierarch,
- high priest,
- Holy Father,
- Holy Joe,
- man of God,
- metropolitan,
- military chaplain,
- minister,
- padre,
- papa,
- parson,
- pastor,
- patriarch,
- penitentiary,
- pontiff,
- pope,
- prebendary,
- prelate,
- primate,
- rector,
- reverend,
- rural dean,
- servant of God,
- shepherd,
- sky pilot,
- subdean,
- suffragan,
- supply clergy,
- supply minister,
- the Reverend,
- the very Reverend,
- tonsured cleric,
- vicar