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Recent Examples of chaplain
The moment also calls back to the season premiere, an episode-length flashback starring Bradley Cooper as ancestor Elijah, a thief who accidentally becomes a Confederate chaplain and finds God along the way.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 5 May 2025
Many of the people who left the church now turn to chaplains for spiritual support, and many of my chaplain colleagues are women.
—Russell N Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2025
The 47-year-old has been in prison for 18 years, 17 of which have been spent as a chaplain.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Rogers passed away from pneumonia complications in 2015, exactly one year before fellow cast member William Christopher.
08 of 08
William Christopher
In 1972, William Christopher joined the cast of M*A*S*H as Father Mulcahy, the Catholic priest that serves as the Army chaplain.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 10 May 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 5 May 2025
Many of the people who left the church now turn to chaplains for spiritual support, and many of my chaplain colleagues are women.
—Russell N Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2025
The 47-year-old has been in prison for 18 years, 17 of which have been spent as a chaplain.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Rogers passed away from pneumonia complications in 2015, exactly one year before fellow cast member William Christopher.
08 of 08
William Christopher
In 1972, William Christopher joined the cast of M*A*S*H as Father Mulcahy, the Catholic priest that serves as the Army chaplain.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
Noun
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But some were accompanied by a pastor, volunteer or family member.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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Randy Adams is a pastor at Church on the Rock, a Protestant church about an hour from Kentucky’s capital, Frankfort.—
Lisa Fletcher,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Forcing priests to divulge confessions, while exempting all manner of secular confessors, is rank religious discrimination.—
Dan McLaughlin,
National Review,
6 May 2025
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Specifically, the nuns pointed a finger at Urbain Grandier—a local priest and their confessor.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Near the end of the service, the rector announced who the pope was — an American-born from Chicago.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
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Monsignor Walter Rossi, the rector of the basilica, released a statement mourning Francis’s death.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Members include a vicar with a lurid fantasy life, a clever and stifled housewife, a sorrowful retired accountant and a blowhard.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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For instance, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, vicar for clergy Fr.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Sofa in collage by Peter Dunham Textiles; Hot pink laminate parsons tables by Two Worlds Arts; Soft edge chairs by Hay; Madeleine Castaing striped carpet by Codimat Collection.—
Michael Boodro,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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Writing in the eighteenth century, Smith compared energetic and often sensationalist Methodist preachers with the more reserved and cerebral parsons of the Church of England.—
Shadi Hamid,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2024
Noun
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Prevost spent two decades as a missionary and bishop in Peru and would well know those arguments.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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When the Catholic and Anglican churches began sending waves of missionaries to the legendary islands in the nineteenth century, their interactions with native populations produced more stories of biblical heritage, which local preachers passed down from generation to generation.—
Pete McKenzie,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Leo spent 20 years as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru, and working side by side with Pope Francis, helped suppress the group.—
Amalia Huot-Marchand,
The Hill,
21 June 2025
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Columban monasteries remained free of the control of local bishops and were instead directly subordinate to the pope.—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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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 30 Jun. 2025.
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