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churchwoman

[church-woom-uhn] / ˈtʃɜrtʃˌwʊm ən /




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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

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

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

To Charity Coe, the devout churchwoman, this picture was appalling.

From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes

In 1884, churchwomen gave the quilt to the Rev. Andrew Judson Sturtevant and his wife, Ella, who were moving away.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2016

On Dec. 1, 1980, two churchwomen, Jean Donovan and Sister Dorothy Kazel, spent the night at the American Embassy in San Salvador as guests of Ambassador Robert E. White and his wife.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2015

For the 1,300 actors in the Drama of Missions, Philadelphia churchwomen sewed 1,300-odd costumes which were sent to Virginia to be dyed by students in a mountain mission school.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wore tweed jackets, polo shirts and bright ties, chain-smoked cigarettes and once surprised some elderly churchwomen by banging on a piano and singing Oh, You Beautiful Doll.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nor was Susan slow to recognize their importance to her and her work, for they represented an entirely new group, churchwomen, who heretofore had been suspicious of and hostile toward woman's rights.

From Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian by Alma Lutz


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