Helen Fenton

Chapfallen: Definition and part of speech

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Chapfallen

  1. a. Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, — an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chapiter: Definition and part of speech

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Chapiter

  1. n. A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; — also called articles.
  2. n. A capital [Obs.] See Chapital.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chaplain: Definition and part of speech

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Chaplain

  1. n. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.
  2. n. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.
  3. n. A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chaplainship: Definition and part of speech

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Chaplainship

  1. n. The possession or revenue of a chapel.
  2. n. The office or business of a chaplain.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chaplet: Definition and part of speech

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Chaplet

  1. n. A small chapel or shrine.
  2. n. A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.
  3. n. A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.
  4. n. A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
  5. n. A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.
  6. n. A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.
  7. n. A tuft of feathers on a peacock’s head.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.