clergywoman
noun
a female member of the clergy.
clergywomen
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pluralof clergywoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Rev. Teri Peterson, a minister at St. John ’s Church in Gourock, Scotland, was on an eight-day Carnival Magic cruise with a group of clergywomen and other women in ministry when the incident occurred.
From Fox News ● Feb. 13, 2019
Her performance immediately joins the all-time great screen depictions of domineering clergywomen — right up there with the late Geraldine McEwan in “The Magdalene Sisters” and Agata Kulesza in last year’s Sundance-premiered “The Innocents.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2017
Had there been clergywomen, there would have been laywomen.
From Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 7 by Marietta Holley
If there had been, there would have been a term for laywomen and for clergywomen.
From Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 7 by Marietta Holley
Because there was a separate class of clergy men in the world, but there was not a class of clergywomen in the world.
From Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 7 by Marietta Holley
