chaplain

Meaning

Noun

• A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
• A person without religious affiliation who carries out similar duties in a secular context.

Origin

• From Middle English chapeleyn, from Old French chapelain, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappellānus, from cappella. capelin. Displaced .