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Answer for the clue "A clergyman ministering to some institution ", 8 letters:
chaplain

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "minister of a chapel," from Old French chapelein "clergyman" (Modern French chapelain ), from Medieval Latin cappellanus "clergyman," originally "custodian of St. Martin's cloak" (see chapel ). Replaced Old English capellane (from the same Medieval ...

Usage examples of chaplain.

Korn was proceeding up the stairs without slackening his pace, and the chaplain resisted the temptation to remind him again that he was not a Catholic but an Anabaptist, and that it was therefore neither necessary nor correct to address him as Father.

At the base camp a chaplain was holding the letter for Vato and Blood in which the name of Thi Anh Tran first came up.

Lekel, chaplain of the Bastile, who had accompanied the cardinal, and was devoted to him, to take charge of it and convey it to the queen.

It seems to me that Portland or Broadmoor, and the ministrations of a sober-minded chaplain, may be about the happiest thing that could befall Maria Lisle at this period of her career.

I therefore recommend that they be compensated at the same rate as chaplains in the army.

Here places were laid for six--Sir Andrew, his nephews, Rosamund, the chaplain, Matthew, who celebrated masses in the church and ate at the hall on feast-days, and the Cypriote merchant, Georgios himself.

Edgar Huffman, from Trenton, New Jersey, our self-appointed dog chaplain, said a few words of prayer for Tam and the dogs that we knew would follow him, dive-bombers peeled off, one after another, and dove on their objectives.

Fort Edward, David Jones sent a party of Indians, under Duluth, a half-breed, to escort his betrothed to the British camp, where they were to be married at once by Chaplain Brudenell, Lady Harriet Acland and Madame Riedesel, wife of General Riedesel, in command of the Brunswick contingent, having consented to be present at the wedding.

The chaplain, roused by my screaming, comes down and finds me in convulsions.

I served as chaplain during the Hitlerian War and afterward found myself still involved in government affairs.

So it came about that when Mr Lammas had passed his trials and won his licence to preach, a special sederunt of the Free Fishers took place, and he was duly appointed their chaplain, with whatever rights, perquisites and privileges might inhere in that dignity.

He is a member of several learned bodies, and is also chaplain of the 19th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers.

Harris 1 Butler 17 Guides 12 Waiters 4 Surgeons 1 Footman 1 Geologist 1 Barber 1 Botanist 1 Head Cook 3 Chaplains 9 Assistants 15 Barkeepers 1 Confectionery Artist 1 Latinist TRANSPORTATION, ETC.

First Admiral Lantu glanced at Fleet Chaplain Manak as he spoke, and the churchman shrugged.

The fleet chaplain worried him, for Manak was old, and he was taking this waiting, grinding tension poorly.