churchwoman
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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
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
Georgiana Sibley today is probably the world's best-known U.S. churchwoman.
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 Marcet Haldeman-Julius
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
More churchmen, as well as churchwomen, are beginning to agree that there is something to gibe about.
From Time Magazine Archive
He presided over a swearing-in, sat on the carpeted floor with delighted schoolchildren visitors, charmed a delegation of Methodist churchwomen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some years ago a party of ultra-high churchwomen decided to wear only black during Lent.
From Stage Confidences by Clara Morris
