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chaplain
Sign in to savealt=Martin of Tours giving his capellanu cape, from where the field of chaplaincy got its name from.|thumb|Martin of Tours giving his capellanu cape, from which the field of chaplaincy got its name. thumb|The Reverend Manasseh Cutler, [[American Revolutionary War chaplain who served in George Washington's Continental Army and co-founded Ohio University]]
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- Military
- Health care
- General Information
- The Functions and Activities of Professional Healthcare Chaplains
- BCC - Board Certified Chaplain
- Outside the United States
- Scholarly Journals
- Other types of chaplaincy
- Education
- Higher education
- Industrial chaplains
- Law and police
- Fire departments
- Labor
- Ports
- Corporate
- Music
- Parliamentary
- Royalty and nobility
- Prison
- Sports
- Animal
- Colonial
- Environmental
- Cruise
- Domestic
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- References
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alt=Martin of Tours giving his capellanu cape, from where the field of chaplaincy got its name from.|thumb|Martin of Tours giving his capellanu cape, from which the field of chaplaincy got its name. thumb|The Reverend Manasseh Cutler, [[American Revolutionary War chaplain who served in George Washington's Continental Army and co-founded Ohio University]]
A chaplain is a trained professional who provides spiritual, emotional, and psychosocial support in secular institutions, serving people of any faith or no faith. The term chaplaincy can refer to the chapel, facility, or department in which one or more chaplains carry out their role, as well as to the profession itself. The name originates from Martin of Tours, who gave his cloak to a veteran in need during a snowstorm.
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