chaplain

Example Sentences

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A San Mateo, Calif., chaplain spotted a break in a long line of cars, and pulled into the opening.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Returning to England, where Royalists and Parliamentarians were at war, Downing was appointed chaplain to Col.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Schlanger served as a chaplain for the New South Wales correctional service and a major hospital, Chabad said.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

Trafficante said that she now works as a chaplain who ministers to people in shelters and on the streets.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

He hated the chaplain venomously for being a chaplain and making a coarse blunder out of an observation that in any other circumstances, he knew, would have been considered witty and urbane.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller