英文词源
- chaplain
- chaplain: see chapel
- chaplain (n.)
- 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 Latin source) "clergyman who conducts private religious services," originally in great households, later in military regiments, prisons, etc.
中文词源
来自chapel, 小教堂。-lain, 小词后缀，见chamberlain.
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