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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
chaplain
    n 1: a clergyman ministering to some institution

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
CHAPLAIN. A clergyman appointed to say prayers and perform divine service. 
Each house of congress usually appoints it own chaplain. 



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