churchwoman

Example Sentences

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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

Good churchwoman, she built the Episcopal residence at Manila, helped build the Episcopal cathedral there.

From Time Magazine Archive

It takes no effort of imagination to calculate what talk like that must do to a proud father and a mother who is a devout churchwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am as good a churchwoman as the parson's wife, save that necessary business will not allow me to go there oftener than on Christmas-day, heaven help me!—No, no—this is no Popish matter.

From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir