churchwoman
noun
a female member, adherent, or active supporter of a church.
churchwomen
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pluralof churchwoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Congress also wanted assurances that the Salvadoran government was making "good faith efforts" to investigate and prosecute the murders there of four American churchwomen and two American aid officials a year ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are farmwives and churchwomen of grit and industry and waitresses who wore their aprons proudly as professionals.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor was Susan slow to recognize their importance to her and her work, for they represented an entirely new group, churchwomen, who heretofore had been suspicious of and hostile toward woman's rights.
From Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian by Alma Lutz
