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chaplain

[chap-lin] / ˈtʃæp lɪn /


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He was in his early 40s when he was sent to the Front as a WW1 chaplain.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

A chaplain read the names of Michiganders killed in the attacks.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Khan’s views are shaped by his upbringing in Paramus, N.J. — close to Manhattan — his Muslim faith and job as a chaplain on top of his doctoral studies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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

The chaplain was just as overworked as the nurses and doctors.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Lincoln has five chaplains, as well as a counselor, psychologist, clinical social worker, three behavioral health technicians and one dog, Cao said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

That’s an application to join the White Fathers, missionaries to the nomadic tribes of the Sahara and chaplains to the French Foreign Legion.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt


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