chaplain
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 3796B — as used in this subchapter
“chaplain” includes any individual serving as an officially recognized or designated member of a legally organized volunteer fire department or legally organized police department, or an officially recognized or designated public employee of a legally organized fire or police department who was responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency;
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(1) An ecclesiastic who performs divine service in a chapel; but it more commonly means one who attends upon a king, prince, or other person of quality, for the performance of clerical duties in a private chapel. 4 Coke, 90; Wharton. (2) A clergyman officially attached to a ship of war, to an army or regiment, or to CHAPMAN (said to be from German copeman). A trader who trades from place to place. Ryder, C. J., construing St. 5 Anne, c. 14.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An ecclesiastic who performs divine service in a chapel; but it more commonly means one who attends upon a king, prince, or other person of quality, for the performance of clerie¢:] duties in a private chapel. 4 Coke, 90. A clergyman officially attached to a ship of war, to an army, (or regiment,) or to some public institution, for the purpose of performing divine service. Webster.