Chaplain
noun
A religious leader assigned to a specific institution or community, like a hospital, school, or prison.
The school chaplain gave a speech at the graduation ceremony.
Often appears as...
- school chaplain
- hospital chaplain
noun
A religious leader assigned to a specific institution or community, like a hospital, school, or prison.
The school chaplain gave a speech at the graduation ceremony.
Often appears as...
- school chaplain
- hospital chaplain
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Pro Tip 1/3Specialized Role
A chaplain has duties tailored to the needs of the community they serve, often including counseling and spiritual guidance.
The prison chaplain helps inmates cope with their sentences through faith.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Churches
Chaplains work in secular environments, not just in religious settings, to provide support to people of all beliefs.
The military chaplain offered comfort to soldiers on the battlefield, regardless of their religions.
Pro Tip 3/3Interfaith Understanding
Chaplains are trained to be inclusive and may support individuals from different religious backgrounds, not just their own.
The hospital chaplain provided a prayer rug for a Muslim patient to use.
Pro Tip 1/3Specialized Role
A chaplain has duties tailored to the needs of the community they serve, often including counseling and spiritual guidance.
The prison chaplain helps inmates cope with their sentences through faith.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Churches
Chaplains work in secular environments, not just in religious settings, to provide support to people of all beliefs.
The military chaplain offered comfort to soldiers on the battlefield, regardless of their religions.
Pro Tip 3/3Interfaith Understanding
Chaplains are trained to be inclusive and may support individuals from different religious backgrounds, not just their own.
The hospital chaplain provided a prayer rug for a Muslim patient to use.
Pro Tip 1/3Specialized Role
A chaplain has duties tailored to the needs of the community they serve, often including counseling and spiritual guidance.
The prison chaplain helps inmates cope with their sentences through faith.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Churches
Chaplains work in secular environments, not just in religious settings, to provide support to people of all beliefs.
The military chaplain offered comfort to soldiers on the battlefield, regardless of their religions.
Pro Tip 3/3Interfaith Understanding
Chaplains are trained to be inclusive and may support individuals from different religious backgrounds, not just their own.
The hospital chaplain provided a prayer rug for a Muslim patient to use.
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Video examples
Billy Graham:...
But she said, as he came to die, he sat up on the side of the bed one day, and he asked the nurse if he could see the chaplain. And he said, for the first time in his life he'd thought about the inevitable,
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The Bike Riding Monk PIPE...
They even have their own bike riding monk, a chaplain called Father Guriy. How can I resist? I have to meet him. Oh, Father Guriy himself. Ah, thank you for having us.
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Billy Graham:...
But she said, as he came to die, he sat up on the side of the bed one day, and he asked the nurse if he could see the chaplain. And he said, for the first time in his life he'd thought about the inevitable,
Video examples
The Bike Riding Monk PIPE...
They even have their own bike riding monk, a chaplain called Father Guriy. How can I resist? I have to meet him. Oh, Father Guriy himself. Ah, thank you for having us.
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Quote examples
John Patrick Shanley
American Playwright
I was in the Marine Corps in 1971. The idea 'Where does authority come from?' is fascinating to me. And also, the idea of a chaplain is fascinating to me because it's a man of the cloth in uniform, and it's the uniform of a killing machine. Back when I was in the Corps, when I saw that, I was amazed by it.
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Kirk Cousins
American Athlete
I had a phenomenal six seasons in Washington and really can't say enough good things about my experience there. It's tough to move on from teammates, from everyone involved in the organization, from coaches and teammates, to the chaplain, to even friends in the community, our neighbors.
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M. Stanton Evans
American Journalist
From the beginning, the Continental Congress had official chaplains, prayers, and days of fasting and Thanksgiving. When sessions opened in 1774, fear was voiced that the religious diversity of the country would make it hard to choose a form of worship.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
Nearly everything faith-related that I have done at Harvard has been followed by free food, from going to services at Harvard's Episcopal Chaplaincy to attending a day of interfaith discussion and dialogue hosted by the university chaplains in the fall.
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Steve Zahn
American Actor
My dad was the chaplain at Mankato State University, and my mom worked in the bookstore. We lived just off-campus. Then we moved to the suburbs of Minneapolis, to New Hope, which is where I went to high school.
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John Fleming
American Politician
By definition, chaplains minister to the spiritual needs of our men and women in armed services, a vital function that an individual without any inclination toward spirituality would not be able to perform.
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John Fleming
American Politician
In the final analysis, I believe that an atheist chaplain would be the last person in the world that we would want a dying soldier who needs that last moment counselling in their life.
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Charles Darwin
English Scientist
What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!
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John Green
American Author
I realized during my time as a chaplain that I didn't want to be a minister.
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Barney Ross
American Athlete
Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small.
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John Patrick Shanley
American Playwright
I was in the Marine Corps in 1971. The idea 'Where does authority come from?' is fascinating to me. And also, the idea of a chaplain is fascinating to me because it's a man of the cloth in uniform, and it's the uniform of a killing machine. Back when I was in the Corps, when I saw that, I was amazed by it.
Quote examples
Kirk Cousins
American Athlete
I had a phenomenal six seasons in Washington and really can't say enough good things about my experience there. It's tough to move on from teammates, from everyone involved in the organization, from coaches and teammates, to the chaplain, to even friends in the community, our neighbors.
Quote examples
M. Stanton Evans
American Journalist
From the beginning, the Continental Congress had official chaplains, prayers, and days of fasting and Thanksgiving. When sessions opened in 1774, fear was voiced that the religious diversity of the country would make it hard to choose a form of worship.
Quote examples
Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
Nearly everything faith-related that I have done at Harvard has been followed by free food, from going to services at Harvard's Episcopal Chaplaincy to attending a day of interfaith discussion and dialogue hosted by the university chaplains in the fall.
Quote examples
Steve Zahn
American Actor
My dad was the chaplain at Mankato State University, and my mom worked in the bookstore. We lived just off-campus. Then we moved to the suburbs of Minneapolis, to New Hope, which is where I went to high school.
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John Fleming
American Politician
By definition, chaplains minister to the spiritual needs of our men and women in armed services, a vital function that an individual without any inclination toward spirituality would not be able to perform.
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John Fleming
American Politician
In the final analysis, I believe that an atheist chaplain would be the last person in the world that we would want a dying soldier who needs that last moment counselling in their life.
Quote examples
Charles Darwin
English Scientist
What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!
Quote examples
John Green
American Author
I realized during my time as a chaplain that I didn't want to be a minister.
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Barney Ross
American Athlete
Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small.
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