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An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.

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  1. n. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.
  2. n. 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. n. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.
  4. n. a clergyman ministering to some institution
  5. 1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel. 2. A clergyman who is officially atteched to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service. 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.
  6. n:100 n. a clergyman ministering to some institution