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Recent Examples of chaplain
School chaplain bill fails in Senate A bill aimed at authorizing public schools to employ or accept as a volunteer a school chaplain fell short of clearing the Arkansas Senate on Tuesday.
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Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The team chaplain, Father Nate Wills, helped prepare Freeman for his Catholic conversion.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 19 Jan. 2025
Fire department chaplain Lowell Black presided over the ceremony for the first time Monday.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
Newsweek has filled out an online contact form with Heights College where Walford was a school chaplain for comment on Sunday.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The team chaplain, Father Nate Wills, helped prepare Freeman for his Catholic conversion.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 19 Jan. 2025
Fire department chaplain Lowell Black presided over the ceremony for the first time Monday.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
Newsweek has filled out an online contact form with Heights College where Walford was a school chaplain for comment on Sunday.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
Noun
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The couple tied the knot two years later, with only Parton's mother and the pastor in attendance.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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The private nuptials, which took place at the Ringgold Baptist Church in Ringgold, Ga., were attended by only the pastor Don Duvall, his wife, and Parton's mother, Avie Lee Owens.—
Nicole Briese,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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Its main purpose is not the creation of aesthetic beauty out of the materials at hand (life, pain) but selfishness: relieving the confessor’s desire to confess.—
Lauren Oyler,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2024
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Ciotti had gone to speak to the school’s rector, to explain why the girl’s real name could not be used.—
D. T. Max,
The New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2024
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Other information provided by the Archdiocese noted Reidy was ordained by Bishop Timothy J. Harrington at Saint Paul Cathedral in Worcester in 1994, and was assigned to St. Peter Parish in Worcester before becoming rector of Saint Paul Cathedral by Bishop Daniel P. Reilly.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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What to Know On Tuesday evening, members of the Argentine community in Rome gathered at the Argentine church for a special mass led by Cardinal Baldassare Reina, the pope's vicar for Rome.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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On Tuesday night, the faithful from Francis’ homeland gathered in the Argentine church of Rome for a special Mass presided over by Cardinal Baldassarre Reina, the pope’s vicar for Rome.—
Trisha Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 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
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The other is her violent stepfather, who, in this version, is also the church’s parson (Steven Pasquale).—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2024
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There were even some splits between missionaries and their sponsor churches stateside, where many congregants were attracted to Mr. Trump’s vow to give Christians power in his administration.—
Elizabeth Dias,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Gad originated the role of Elder Cunningham alongside Andrew Rannells' Elder Price in a satiric look at two young missionaries' misguided attempts to spread the gospel in a small Ugandan village.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop of Washington, at the National Prayer Service in January.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
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Instead, the pope has negotiated transformation mostly through words and actions, allowing for open discussion of LGBTQ issues in contrast to previous popes who ostracized or even punished bishops for bringing them up or ministering to the community.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
2 Mar. 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 13 Mar. 2025.
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