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Recent Examples of chaplain
Batista said the situation also exacerbates shortages of military and prison chaplains, hampering efforts to provide servicemembers and inmates ample opportunity to practice their religion, as federally required.
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 21 May 2025
The moment also calls back to the season premiere, an episode-length flashback starring Bradley Cooper as ancestor Elijah, a thief who accidentally becomes a Confederate chaplain and finds God along the way.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 May 2025
Many of the people who left the church now turn to chaplains for spiritual support, and many of my chaplain colleagues are women.
—Russell N Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2025
The 47-year-old has been in prison for 18 years, 17 of which have been spent as a chaplain.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 21 May 2025
The moment also calls back to the season premiere, an episode-length flashback starring Bradley Cooper as ancestor Elijah, a thief who accidentally becomes a Confederate chaplain and finds God along the way.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 May 2025
Many of the people who left the church now turn to chaplains for spiritual support, and many of my chaplain colleagues are women.
—Russell N Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2025
The 47-year-old has been in prison for 18 years, 17 of which have been spent as a chaplain.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
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John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church (GCC) in Sun Valley, California, has reportedly been hospitalized with pneumonia following years of health complications.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Advertisement Religion, government, and power The ambitious Pentecostal pastor and televangelist Malafaia—considered a kingmaker, is among those religious leaders in Brazil who have amassed wealth and celebrity through their sermons.—
Emi Eleode,
Time,
14 July 2025
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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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His daughter, Olivia, even married Cleveland Benedict, who at one point became the rector of Christ Church, according to the Glendale Heritage Preservation's website.—
Aaron Valdez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Near the end of the service, the rector announced who the pope was — an American-born from Chicago.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
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Members include a vicar with a lurid fantasy life, a clever and stifled housewife, a sorrowful retired accountant and a blowhard.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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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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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 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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In 2013, the city publicly apologized to a group of Christian missionaries who were arrested at the annual Arab International Festival.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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How faith played out in a clash of societies Protestant missionaries had long been attached to the Haudenosaunee.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Among the overnight options in Trinity is Bishop White Manor, an 1830’s manse that was once home to Newfoundland’s Anglican bishop.—
JOE YOGERST,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The diocese was dominated by clerics who were members of Opus Dei, a very conservative sect of Catholicism, and Prevost, who had to become a Peruvian citizen to become a bishop, was charged with moving it back to the middle.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
1 July 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 Jul. 2025.
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