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chaplain

[chap-lin] / ˈtʃæp lɪn /


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Timothy James Curry was born April 19, 1946, to father Jim Curry, a Navy chaplain, and mother Maura Curry.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Religious leaders present in Blue Ash on Sunday also included women serving as a Jewish rabbi, a Baptist minister and a Muslim chaplain.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Shurtz, cradled his head and said a prayer, according to “Days of Anguish, Days of Hope,” a book based in part on the diary of the chaplain, who survived the war.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The calls often open with a guest speaker and close with an evening prayer, offered by a chaplain in the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Colonel Korn halted without warning when he was almost by and came whirling back down upon the chaplain with a glare of infuriated suspicion.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Leo’s speech to Italian military chaplains last month suggested he isn’t a pacifist.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

The Pentagon in recent decades has welcomed a diversity of faiths, with chaplains tasked more with offering personal comfort and guidance than on blessing leaders' decisions.

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

Rev. Elizabeth Diop, one of two Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplains who lost their jobs for speaking publicly about Soliman, waited outside the mosque to welcome her former colleague back.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2025

The personnel’s “quality of life,” the statement continued, is “addressed through the continued improvement of living facilities, balanced work-rest cycles, and access to chaplains, licensed clinical social workers, and behavioral health experts.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2025

Mostly, though, the chaplains simply sit next to people in silence.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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