prison chaplain

collocation in English

meaningsofprisonandchaplain

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prison
noun
uk
/ˈprɪz.ən/us
/ˈprɪz.ən/
a building where criminals are forced to live as ...
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chaplain
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃæp.lɪn/us
/ˈtʃæp.lɪn/
a Christian official who is responsible for the religious needs of ...
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(Definition ofprisonandchaplainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The first concerns the abolition of the offices ofprisonchaplainand assistantprisonchaplain; the second is to promote religious equality in prisons.
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Externally, theprisonchaplaincan lower the drawbridge to the community outside.
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Rather, by abolishing the office ofprisonchaplain, it is likely to do considerable damage.
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Later on, theprisonchaplainwould also become a hostage.
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If theprisonchaplainis not allowed to lower that drawbridge, immense deprivation is forced upon the prisoners.
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I have had the apprenticeship and opportunity of serving as aprisonchaplainfor upwards of thirty years.
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In the old days, the prison governor was the first key holder, but theprisonchaplainwas the second.
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We believe that the abolition of the office ofprisonchaplainwould be a wholly retrograde step.
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We have heard about theprisonchaplainwho spoke of the horror and indignity of a man being dragged from prison to be hanged.
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Aprisonchaplainwho had attended 15 executions said there was little effect upon prisoners nowadays because the procedure had been much improved.
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Both of those, it is true, were sensitive men; yet who but a sensitive man would be any use as aprisonchaplain?
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The case had been brought to my attention by theprisonchaplainwho asked me, at their request, to visit them.
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I have also received a communication from a gentleman who was aprisonchaplainand who feels very strongly on this matter.
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Aprisonchaplainonce suggested to me that their position would be considerably eased if they came out with a fully-stamped card.
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We also came to the conclusion, as has been suggested, that there might be welfare officers, apart from theprisonchaplain.
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During his tenure as aprisonchaplainin the 1980s and 1990s, his views changed.
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After a night of lovemaking, the two are married by theprisonchaplain.
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He wants theprisonchaplainto pass on a final message to his wife.
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Previously she ministered as an elementary school teacher, aprisonchaplainand a pastoral associate.
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On his return from the war he continued as aprisonchaplain.
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But the book was first drawn to my attention by aprisonchaplainwho wrote to me pleading that it should not be provided in the prison library.
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The story concerns a youngprisonchaplainwho made several complaints about the harshness of a regime in a wing where vulnerable prisoners were being held.
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Furthermore, the role of theprisonchaplainis a ministry to the whole community of the prison, which includes the staff whose work is most stressful.
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A man in the position of aprisonchaplainhas the most extraordinary opportunity of influencing his fellowmen and that opportunity carries with it a great responsibility.
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When the door of the shed opened, a little procession entered, headed by the governor of the prison, theprisonchaplain, the doctor and the executioner.
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