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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Chaplain

/chăp'-lən/ · Chap·lain · IPA /ˈt͡ʃæp.lɪn/
01 n. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.
  1. 1.
    An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.