chapeleyn

• caplayn, chapelain, chapelayn, chapelein, chapelen, chapeleyne, chapelleyn, chapelleyne, chaplayn, chapleyn, chapleyne, chaplen

From Old French chapelain, from Latin cappellānus; compare chapele.

• IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃapəˈlæi̯n/, /ˈt͡ʃap(ə)lin/

chapeleyn (plural chapeleyns)

1. A member of the clergy serving as an assistant.
2. A chaplain; a clergy member serving at a chapel.

• English: chaplain
• Scots: chaplain

• “chapelein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.