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Recent Examples of chaplain
Skinner, a chaplain with the Utah Air National Guard, is running for office for the first time.
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Noah Daly
may 7,
Idaho Statesman,
7 May 2026
Kim Crawford-Meeks, the hospital's chaplain, stepped in to officiate the wedding.
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Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
7 May 2026
Allen had also asked for a chaplain May 3 and still hasn't seen one, according to Ohm.
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Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
Even long-time chaplain Rodgers is excited by the move.
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Lori Punko,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for chaplain
Noah Daly
may 7,
Idaho Statesman,
7 May 2026
Kim Crawford-Meeks, the hospital's chaplain, stepped in to officiate the wedding.
—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
7 May 2026
Allen had also asked for a chaplain May 3 and still hasn't seen one, according to Ohm.
—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
Even long-time chaplain Rodgers is excited by the move.
—
Lori Punko,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for chaplain
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
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Hong Kong — A pastor who founded one of China’s most prominent underground churches has been released from prison and reunited with his family in the United States, his daughter told CNN.
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Michelle Obama is a shining example of this inspirational leadership, the kind also demonstrated by my mother and aunties, my sister and sister- friends, by my pastor and elders, and by my colleagues in the maternal and infant health space.
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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.
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But everything that is said between the confessor and priest is confidential.
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There was only one doctor left in the country who could do it, neurosurgeon Volodymyr Smolanka, acting rector of Uzhhorod National University.
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The Rectory As the name suggests, The Rectory was originally home to the rector of nearby All Saints’ Church and his 14 children.
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Nearly every murder is solved by the end of the episode, but despite the unusual twist of having the village vicar team up with the police, the real action comes from the relationships among the characters.
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The sacred meets the secular in this long-running pairing of a young vicar with a worldly police detective in the titular idyllic Cambridgeshire village during the 1950s and ‘60s.
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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.
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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.
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Once inside a world, the missionaries split up and seek out small groups chatting in quieter corners.
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Another stand-out category is Hawaiian quilts, which the expert says tend to feature large, bold floral designs and reflect traditional Hawaiian aesthetics that were adapted after quilting was introduced by missionaries.
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The ritual confers the Holy Spirit from one bishop to another and recalls Christ’s gesture to his apostles.
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Under the church’s in-house canon law, consecrating a bishop without papal consent incurs an automatic excommunication for both the people administering the consecration and the bishops receiving it.
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In 1976, the residence was redesigned as a retirement home for church missioners.
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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.
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“Chaplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaplain. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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