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Both Twedt-Ball, a third-generation United Methodist pastor and founder of the nonprofit Matthew 25, and Lindsay James, a PCUSA chaplain who is also running in Iowa's 2nd district, said the 2016 election was a catalyst for their political involvement.
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CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
From his cell nearly 20 years ago, James Duckett watched as the world searched for his missing 2-year-old grandson, Trenton Duckett, and relied on family visitors and a prison chaplain to keep him updated.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
Rabbi Sanford Dresin, Aleph’s vice president of military programs and a retired Army chaplain, warned in a separate letter that using Jewish symbols could mislead Jewish troops about who represents Judaism.
—Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
At the start of Ramadan, a Muslim chaplain was allowed to visit two women held for many months in immigration detention in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
From his cell nearly 20 years ago, James Duckett watched as the world searched for his missing 2-year-old grandson, Trenton Duckett, and relied on family visitors and a prison chaplain to keep him updated.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
Rabbi Sanford Dresin, Aleph’s vice president of military programs and a retired Army chaplain, warned in a separate letter that using Jewish symbols could mislead Jewish troops about who represents Judaism.
—Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
At the start of Ramadan, a Muslim chaplain was allowed to visit two women held for many months in immigration detention in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
Noun
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In addition to Trump’s inauguration pastor, conservative stakeholders have encouraged companies to invest in bitcoin.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hardy, who now works in digital marketing in Southern California, was raised in a religious family where the natural trajectory to become a pastor was to attend a school like Hyles-Anderson.—
Olivia Empson,
Vanity Fair,
27 Mar. 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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Instead, the words written in her autobiography served as the guide for the two-hour service filled with hymns and scriptures, as Christ Episcopal Church rector Father Jonathan Archer read a passage from the book which was published in 2000 during her memorial on Friday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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At Sagrada Familia, a prayer verse is included at the base of the cross installed Friday afternoon, said church rector Turull.—
Suman Naishadham,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 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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Port Harcourt was founded in 1913 and governed by the military, the police, and by courts that upheld colonial law to protect British commercial interests and missionaries.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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This outrageous musical comedy follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Among them was Sandra Olewine, a bishop of the United Methodist Church’s California-Nevada Conference.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Primal Fear charts the story of a Chicago defense attorney who believes that his altar boy client is not guilty of murdering a Catholic bishop.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 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 1 Apr. 2026.
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