clergywoman

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The House of Deputies, which with the House of Bishops oversees the church, also elected an Indigenous clergywoman, the Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton, as its vice president.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022

Dorothy McKinney Wright, 89, a Presbyterian clergywoman who had served from 1978 to 1981 as director of community food and nutrition for the United Planning Organization in Washington, died Oct.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2020

The Rev. Margaret True, 80, a special-education coordinator for Fairfax County Public Schools and a retired Presbyterian clergywoman, died June 16 at a hospital in St. Louis.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2018

Mpho Tutu met Marceline van Furth in 2011, the year the clergywoman moved back to South Africa from the US.

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2016

The clergywoman spoke with such vehemence that Sybil answered directly, "I know his grandmother"—and then suddenly stopped herself.

From Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty