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kapelan

капелан

kapèlān · /kapělaːn/ · masc.

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NOUN
  1. chaplain
    Vojni kapelan je razgovarao sa vojnicima pre polaska. — The army chaplain talked to the soldiers before they left.
    U bolnici radi i kapelan. — The hospital also has a chaplain.
  2. (in the Catholic church) assistant parish priest; curate
    Mladi kapelan je stigao u župu da pomaže ostarelom župniku. — The young curate arrived in the parish to help the elderly parish priest.

Usually refers to a Catholic or Protestant priest; an Orthodox one is usually called sveštenik.

Declension, masc.
singularplural
Nom.kapelankapelani
Gen.kapelanakapelana
Dat.kapelanukapelanima
Acc.kapelanakapelane
Voc.kapelanekapelani
Ins.kapelanomkapelanima
Loc.kapelanukapelanima
AI Updated 29 October 2026