CHAPLIN

CHAPLIN. A chaplain; a priest who did the duty of a chapel. Latin cajycllamis. See under ' Ecclesiastical Surnames,' in this Dictionary. A11)ert Chapelain, a Domesd. tenant in chief, was the king's chaplain. "The word capellanus may likewise be interpreted both secretary and chancellor, for these officers were in early times one and the same, being always an ecclesiastic, and one who had the care of the king's chapel." Spelman. Kelham. Other Chaplains occur in Domesd. In the H.R. the name is found under the forms of Capellanus, Chapelein, &c. ; we also find Capelyn, now Capelin.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.