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Recent Examples of chaplain
There were heartfelt tributes, proclamations, poetry, and a blessing from our chaplain.
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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
Having discovered the power of prayer, the prisoner strikes up a relationship with a young chaplain and takes communion for the first time in years.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Chips and Salsa For Thomas Settles, chaplain for the University of Georgia football team, chips and salsa are a must any time of day or year.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2025
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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
Having discovered the power of prayer, the prisoner strikes up a relationship with a young chaplain and takes communion for the first time in years.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Chips and Salsa For Thomas Settles, chaplain for the University of Georgia football team, chips and salsa are a must any time of day or year.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
Noun
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The family had been relying on food and water delivery from a local pastor.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
31 Jan. 2026
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The pastor told Lemon and the others to leave the church.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Thankfully, the book was saved by being thrown out of a window by a local vicar, Johann Erichsons.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Dec. 2025
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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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The 90-minute film charts the different phases of the King’s life as an environmental missionary, and delves into his passion for the natural world and its protection, which started long before this became a mainstream concern, as his spokesman put it.—
Lauren Said-Moorhouse,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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By the mid-sixties and seventies, Unification missionaries were flooding Japan.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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This behavior would earn them a warning from the bishop.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Joliet Diocese officials say there is no announcement for neither an interim bishop nor a replacement and said those decisions are up to the Vatican.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 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 3 Feb. 2026.
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