churchwoman

Example Sentences

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Margaret the Churchwoman, her father the Dissenter, Higgins the Infidel, knelt down together.

From North and South by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

One of Cromwell's daughters, who was a Churchwoman and also a royalist, they allowed to remain in the Abbey.

From A Red Wallflower by Warner, Susan

I said that a neighbouring clergyman had been several times to see her, since, as he probably knew, she had been a Churchwoman for years.

From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

On the day on which I write this I have listened to the conversation, in a train, of a wealthy, refined, and cultivated Churchwoman.

From The War and the Churches by McCabe, Joseph

Fancy had good references; she was a Churchwoman; she had been confirmed by Sarum himself.

From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley