a priest or other Christian minister who is responsible for the religious needs of people in a prison, hospital, etc. or in the armed forcescomparepadre,priestOxford Collocations DictionaryChaplain is used after these nouns: army,prisonSeefull entrySee related entries:Religious peopleWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French chapelain, from medieval Latin cappellanus, originally denoting a custodian of the cloak of St Martin, from cappella, originally ‘little cloak’, diminutive of cappa ‘cap or cape’.
See chaplain in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
