An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.
A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service.
Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.
the minister in charge of a chapel or a minister to a group of people who are not organized as a mission or church; the minister of a hospital of nursing home is a chaplain.
A chaplain is a more encompassing term for all (ordained and non-ordained) specially trained in Clinical Pastoral Education, theology, and all Pastoral Ministry for Pastoral Care.
A person designated to minister to the sick and housebound or to those in schools, hospitals, prisons, etc.
a minister with special skills in helping people during times of illness and loss.
Pronunciation: (CHA-plin) A member of the clergy in charge of a chapel or who works with the military or with an institution, such as a hospital.
A chaplain is a person, ordained or non-ordained, who provides pastoral care to a hospital or educational community.
a clergyman ministering to some institution
a clergyman attached to a chapel, which is a place of worship smaller than a church, or a division of a larger institution
a clergyperson, Roman Catholic sister, or deacon with clinical pastoral education
a commissioned officer in the military
an ordained clergy person who helps to meet the religious and spiritual needs of prisoners
a person (lay or ordained) who has been appointed by
a priest to whom is entrusted in a stable manner the pastoral care, at least in part, of some community or special group of Christ's faithful, to be exercised in accordance with universal and particular law
a religious person officially attached to a public institution
a volunteer-man or woman, lay or clergy-called by GOD, graced with gifts particulary suited to ministry in small town and country settings for rural church and community ministries
A minister in charge of a chapel, or a minister with care of souls in the military or in an institution (such as a school or hospital), rather than in a parish.
priest or deacon, usually attached to an institution for pastoral ministry, also the post of an assistant to the bishop
An ordained religious leader of any endorsing faith group who is officially attached to a branch of the military.
Our chaplain offers spiritual and emotional support to the patient and their family. He or she provides nondenominational pastoral care and conducts chapel services on Sunday.
A chaplain offers spiritual counseling to people in nursing homes and hospitals.
a member of the healthcare team who provides spiritual counseling, support, and pastoral care. The hospital chaplain can also act as a liaison to local clergy.
minister who serves in specialist contexts, such as hospitals, prisons, the Armed Forces, universities and industry
the minister in charge of a chapel or a minister to a group of people who are not organized as a mission or church; the minister of All Saint's is a chaplain. The minister at St. Andrew's-Sewanee School is a chaplain. A minister who holds a service at Emerald Hodgson Hospital would be referred to as a chaplain.
Professionally certified clergy that provide for the free exercise of religion by service members, their family members and other persons, and minister to their spiritual needs.
a member of the clergy who provides for the spiritual needs of the patient and family. Often a chaplain is trained to minister to patients of a variety of denominations and faith belief systems.
A member of the clergy, such as a vicar or priest, who works in the Armed Services or a hospital or a prison
A chaplain is typically a member of the clergy serving a group of people who are not organized as a mission or church; lay chaplains are also found in some settings such as universities. For example a chaplain is often attached to a military unit (often known as padre), a private chapel, a ship, a prison, a hospital, a college or other (especially boarding) school, even a parliamentary assembly and so on. Lay persons may also be appointed as official or unofficial chaplains, particularly to organisations too small to justify an ordained chaplain.
