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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chaplain/ˈtʃaplɪn/

▶noun a member of the clergy attached to a private chapel, institution, regiment, etc.

– derivatives
chaplaincy noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. chapelain, from med. L. cappellanus, orig. denoting a custodian of the cloak of St Martin, from cappella (see chapel).

'chaplain' also found in these Oxford entries:

capelin - CF - chapel - non-combatant - padre

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