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
It takes no effort of imagination to calculate what talk like that must do to a proud father and a mother who is a devout 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
She had seen some trouble with her first husband, who was a little farmer and drank, and consequently, although she was a churchwoman, had been driven to the Bible, and had found much comfort therein.
From Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers by Mark Rutherford
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
Another auspicious sign for Duarte came when a Salvadoran judge sentenced five former National Guardsmen to 30 years in prison for the 1980 murder of four American churchwomen.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Salvadoran judge temporarily blocked the long-awaited trial of four national guardsmen accused of the 1980 murder of four American churchwomen near the capital of San Salvador.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the service, the churchwomen of Middletown entertained the clergy and visitors at the Berkeley Divinity School.
From Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. by Diocese Of Connecticut
