churchwoman

Example Sentences

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Appointing a woman as Bishop of Oxford is an opportunity that should not be wasted, a leading churchwoman has said.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2014

It takes no effort of imagination to calculate what talk like that must do to a proud father and a mother who is a devout churchwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Leader of the women's protest was Esther Lutteman, 69, a clergyman's widow and an outstanding Lutheran churchwoman, who denounced the church as too ceremonial, too institutional and, worst of all, too masculine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Good churchwoman, she built the Episcopal residence at Manila, helped build the Episcopal cathedral there.

From Time Magazine Archive

A strange conclusion for a staid churchwoman like Mrs. Wade, but her rich humanity transcended all her training.

From Dust by Haldeman-Julius, Marcet