chaplainship
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
chaplainship (countable and uncountable, plural chaplainships)
- The office or business of a chaplain.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
- the Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship
- The possession or revenue of a chapel.
References edit
“chaplainship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.