chaplain

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Recent Examples of chaplain Among those there to help Lori and Chris Coble in their grief was Roger Rustad, a Mission Hospital trauma chaplain who was with the family hours after the fatal crash. Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026 The plans featured a police training space, a gym, a kitchen, and spaces for career development, a chaplain area and a wellness office. Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 21 Jan. 2026 There were heartfelt tributes, proclamations, poetry, and a blessing from our chaplain. Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026 Latif is the executive director and co-founder of the Islamic Center of New York City, and was appointed a New York City Police Department chaplain in 2007. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chaplain
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Noun
  • But the weight of the system, the control, the submission to husband, pastor, church, Jesus Christ and God, let alone the demands on women and children, threatened to crush her.
    Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
  • And Pete Hegseth’s advice on sending in federal forces can be inferred by his support of a pastor calling for denying women the vote.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Drawn to her difference, neighbors and coworkers treat Pavitra as a confessor and sounding board for their own preoccupations.
    Miriam Gershow, Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Instead, the central question and driving force is how Aggie and Brian will lure Nile out of the walled fortress afforded by wealth and into the trap of spilling his guts to a confessor.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Sophie D’Amours, rector at Université Laval, adds that the university prioritizes the wellbeing and growth of its employees in part because the hope is for employees to stay long-term and build their careers at ULaval.
    Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Ryan said Sheridan kept other board members in the dark, including the rector at the time of his departure.
    Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 24 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Fast forward two years, after a period of poor mental health following my injury, the realization of the vicar’s sentence really hit.
    Abigail Wise, Outside, 3 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Weston Port, the former San Juan Hills High standout linebacker, is finishing up his second year as a Mormon missionary on assignment in Spain.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Foucauld had later left the army to become a Trappist monk and had established himself as a missionary in Tamanrasset, Algeria, in the middle of the Sahara Desert; he was killed there by local thugs in 1916.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Cucculelli Shaheen introduced three detachable sleeve shapes — fluted, bishop and drop-shoulder — for mix-and-match styling opportunities.
    Ari Stark, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The church’s bishop at the time was Walter McCollough, a fellow South Carolinian whom Jackson sometimes turned to for inspiration.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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.
    al, al, 1 Dec. 2020

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“Chaplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaplain. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.

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