laywomen

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The Bishop agrees but insists that since no other Franciscans are female, Aleys must be sent to the nearby Beguines — laywomen who take no vows, live in community and work to support the church.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Dhammananda contends that Buddha built the religion as a four-legged stool — monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2021

When Gregory arrived, he made Pehle a full-time administrator, as well as, eventually, 12 other nuns and laywomen who were given the title “parish life coordinators.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2019

So, theologically speaking, laypeople, including laywomen, can be cardinals.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2018

It was, in fact, very little more than the education possessed by laywomen of the same social rank outside and there is little trace of anything approaching scholarship.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen