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Recent Examples of chaplain
Even long-time chaplain Rodgers is excited by the move.
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Lori Punko, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
His girlfriend, who’d posted bond for Tracey after nine days, waited outside for him but was instead greeted by a deputy and chaplain, who told her Tracey was dead.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
Advertisement Green became an army chaplain in 1994 after earlier serving as a cannon crewman and field radio repairman.
—Connor Greene, Time, 4 Apr. 2026
Bundy and Boone attempted to get married through the prison chaplain, who denied their request, as well as through the mail and Bundy's attorneys, who also didn't want to get involved.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
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Lori Punko, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
His girlfriend, who’d posted bond for Tracey after nine days, waited outside for him but was instead greeted by a deputy and chaplain, who told her Tracey was dead.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
Advertisement Green became an army chaplain in 1994 after earlier serving as a cannon crewman and field radio repairman.
—Connor Greene, Time, 4 Apr. 2026
Bundy and Boone attempted to get married through the prison chaplain, who denied their request, as well as through the mail and Bundy's attorneys, who also didn't want to get involved.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
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Michael Coleman worked as a firefighter, was in the Army Reserve, worked at Walmart and served as a pastor for a church.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The pastor was ordered to pay one of the property owners $150,000, and the other $46,500.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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On April 18, King Frederik and Queen Mary's youngest children were confirmed by the royal confessor, Bishop Henrik Wigh-Poulsen, in Fredensborg Castle Church.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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But everything that is said between the confessor and priest is confidential.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, vice rector of innovation at the University of Cagliari, has been working to help Sardinia transition to cleaner, more reliable energy.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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Among the major threats to Rocha Moya’s political survival was the outcry about the 2024 shooting death of his one-time chief political rival, Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, a former lawmaker and university rector.—
Steve Fisher,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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The chapel vicar Cardinal Baldo Reina has issued a statement on the matter, but has not weighed in on whether the angel’s face is that of the prime minister.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Both Hicks and Leo grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and served as missionaries in Latin America and are fluent in Spanish.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Russia later expanded into Alaska through the fur trade, bringing Orthodox missionaries, new trade networks, and profound cultural change to Indigenous communities across the region.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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An immigrant bishop Evelio Menjívar Ayala came to the US undocumented.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Bankhead has linked the hoard to Michael Ramsey, an English bishop who served as the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961 to 1974 and later retired to Durham.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
17 June 2022
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Eby will continue to serve as outreach missioner at the Church of the Nativity and as priest-in-charge at St. Timothy’s Church in Athens.—
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1 Dec. 2020
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“Chaplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaplain. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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