laywoman

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María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, known as Mama Antula, was an 18th-Century laywoman who is considered by some to be Argentina's first feminist.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

Mama Antula was an 18th century laywoman who ministered to the poor and helped keep Jesuit spirituality alive in Argentina after the religious order — to which the pope belongs — was suppressed.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2024

The program will be directed by Merrill Ware Carrington, a retreat leader and Episcopal laywoman.

From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2013

A Catholic laywoman, Anne Barrett Doyle, who lives in Boston, suggested they should meet.

From New York Times • May 21, 2013

But when you speak of man acting as a unit he is a layman, but you never say a laywoman.

From Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 7 by Holley, Marietta