Meanings
nounchaplainship (countable and uncountable, plural chaplainships)
plural chaplainships
- countableuncountableThe office or business of a chaplain.
the Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship
1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC - countableuncountableThe possession or revenue of a chapel.
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chaplainship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaplainship
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“chaplainship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaplainship. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chaplainship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaplainship.
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