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CHAPLAIN
chaplain
(noun) a clergyman ministering to some institution
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chaplain (plural chaplains)
A member of a religious body (often, but not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to give pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
A person without religious affiliation who carries out similar duties in a secular context.
Source: Wiktionary
Chap"lain, n. Etym: [F. chapelain, fr. LL. capellanus, fr. capella. See Chapel.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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