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chaplain

[chap-lin] / ˈtʃæp lɪn /


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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

They say the revised list is designed to reflect practical usage while still ensuring that service members of all faiths have access to chaplain services.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2026

The Rev. Matthew Hood, the chaplain for the Detroit Catholic Campus Ministry, urges users to remember that they’re dealing with “lines of code and not a real human being.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Back on the recovery ship, he sought out the chaplain, needing a way to express what he had experienced that science had not given him.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2026

The chaplain felt safe when he was at the officers’ club with Yossarian and Dunbar, and even with just Nately and McWatt.

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

Elizabeth Diop and Adam Allen, now both former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplains, have been outspoken in their support for their former colleague.

From Salon Jul. 25, 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

The chaplains have been trying to reunite survivors, a fruitless effort most of the time.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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