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occupational name for a person who worked as a chaplain; derived from the Old French term "chapelain"
Transferred use of the surname derived from the Middle English and Old French chapelain (chantry priest, the priest was the priest who sang the daily mass). The name originated as an occupational name for a chantry priest or for those who worked for chantry priests. Var: Chapelin, Chapelyn, Chaplyn. (CHAP-LIN)
