clergywoman

[klur-jee-woo m-uh n]

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noun, plural cler·gy·wom·en.

a female member of the clergy.
a woman who is an ordained Christian minister.

Origin of clergywoman

clergy(man) + -woman

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He resisted but little, for his parish needed a clergywoman sadly.
The Incomplete Amorist
E. Nesbit
She seemed to have been at the inn with the clergywoman, and was telling the tinker-mother the result.
Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men
Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

British Dictionary definitions for clergywoman

clergywoman

noun plural -men

a female member of the clergyGender-neutral form: vicar, priest

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Word Origin and History for clergywoman

n.

1670s, a nun, from clergy + man (n.). Not seriously as "woman pastor" until 1871; in between it was used humorously for "old woman" or "domineering wife of a clergyman." Cf. clergyman.

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He resisted but little, for his parish needed a clergywoman sadly.

She seemed to have been at the inn with the clergywoman, and was telling the tinker-mother the result.

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Word Origin and History for clergywoman

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Origin of clergywoman