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chaplaincies

n. (plural of chaplaincy English)

Usage examples of "chaplaincies".

Being persons of influence, they create a shower about them, upon the assiduous and the favored, and upon all the young men who understand the art of pleasing, of large parishes, prebends, archidiaconates, chaplaincies, and cathedral posts, while awaiting episcopal honors.

He had bounced around the chaplaincies of two imperial armies and an assortment of other postings out of the sight of people of quality.

It was desirable that chaplaincies of this kind should be entered on with a fervent intention: they were peculiar opportunities for spiritual influence.