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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
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Rae Chen Huang, a housing rights advocate and ordained pastor, has emerged as one of the most left-leaning candidates in the race, calling for sweeping changes to the city’s housing, public safety and governance systems.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Dawn Baldwin Gibson is a pastor in New Bern, North Carolina.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 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
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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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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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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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First came Catholic missionaries from Europe, who found willing converts among a population still reeling from catastrophe.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Sheen, a pioneering 20th century TV evangelist, had his 2019 ceremony canceled with just weeks’ notice due to concerns about his tenure as Rochester bishop.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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This United States Conference of Catholic Bishops call for an hour of prayer, which can be offered publicly or privately, went out to every bishop, priest and the laity, according to Rockford Diocese spokesperson Penny Wiegert.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 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 15 Feb. 2026.
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