† caˈpellane Obs.
[ad. late and med.L. capellānus. Cf. It. cappellano, F. capelan, chapelain chaplain.]
a. A keeper of the sacred relics. b. One who officiates in a chapel; a chaplain.
| a 1661 Fuller, The dignities and duties of the precentor, sacrist, subsacrist, capellane, ostiary. 1827 Gentl. Mag. XCVII. ii. 541 At that time forty shillings a year was a common stipend for a capellane. |