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

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

A churchwoman by open profession, she was a Puritan in her sympathies, as were many of England's best hearts and souls who never left the Church of England.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse