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Recent Examples of chaplain
Scheffler’s chaplain and friend, Brad Payne, told Texas Monthly his first connections with Scheffler were of a man chasing a narrow type of golf glory.
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Brody Miller, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Better—The Magic of Dopamine Dressing Dr. Terri Daniel, an end-of-life educator, inter-spiritual hospice chaplain, and grief counselor, told Newsweek that age and emotional maturity may play a role in the boyfriend's reaction.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The chaplains themselves are also much more diverse.
—Cornelia Powers, The Atlantic, 18 May 2025
There was no response, and several years later, when Ms. Kaczynski was near death, David contacted the prison chaplain.
—Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Brody Miller, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Better—The Magic of Dopamine Dressing Dr. Terri Daniel, an end-of-life educator, inter-spiritual hospice chaplain, and grief counselor, told Newsweek that age and emotional maturity may play a role in the boyfriend's reaction.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The chaplains themselves are also much more diverse.
—Cornelia Powers, The Atlantic, 18 May 2025
There was no response, and several years later, when Ms. Kaczynski was near death, David contacted the prison chaplain.
—Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
Noun
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Steiger's congregation pitches in to buy a new car for the pastor, which frankly could have been an alternate film ending (with a Ford sponsorship).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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His son, the Rev. Dr. Walter Scott Thomas Jr., meanwhile, has earned rave reviews as the new senior pastor.—
Jonathan M. Pitts,
Baltimore Sun,
6 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
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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
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In a recording of a FaceTime call shared by the Vatican in January, the Pope could be seen speaking to Fathers Gabriel Romanelli and Youssef Asaad, the rector and vice rector of the parish.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For instance, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, vicar for clergy Fr.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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One vicar in Kenya sent Father Moral Antón photos of a trip he and Leo took to the African country many years ago.—
Patricia Mazzei,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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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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Broadway San Diego presents the national touring production of this comedy musical about a pair of bumbling missionaries who get creative when their recruiting efforts in Africa fall flat.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2025
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The hula was forever changed with the arrival of foreigners, and in particular the arrival of Christian missionaries, whose influence led to a brief ban of public performances in the 1830s.—
Sara Kehaulani Goo,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
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The 2018 deal was aimed at uniting the flock, regularizing the status of seven bishops who weren’t recognized by Rome and thawing decades of estrangement between China and the Vatican.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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Chicago Tribune One of the many titles that Leo assumed when he was elected May 8 was bishop of Rome.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 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 18 Jun. 2025.
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