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

Georgiana Sibley today is probably the world's best-known U.S. churchwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before starting for the U. S. he offered his palace rent-free "to any churchman or churchwoman who will pay the salaries of the servants and the taxes on the house."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

A farmer, a member of our own church, who used to invite preachers down from the Evangelization Society, London, is gone, but his wife, a strict churchwoman like myself—but a rare shrew—is left.

From The Mark of the Beast by Watson, Sidney