chaplain

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for chaplain

chaplain 🔊 /ʧæˈplʌn/

chaplain : කුලදේවතාවා

chaplain : පූරෝහිතයා

chaplain : පුරෝහිතයා

chaplain : කුලගුරු

chaplain : දේවගැතියා

chaplain definition

Noun.

  1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.
  2. A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service.
  3. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.