laywomen

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Dhammananda contends that Buddha built the religion as a four-legged stool — monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2021

When Gregory arrived, he made Pehle a full-time administrator, as well as, eventually, 12 other nuns and laywomen who were given the title “parish life coordinators.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2019

So, theologically speaking, laypeople, including laywomen, can be cardinals.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2018

In November 1836, Dellile and her friends Juliette Gaudin and Josephine Charles created the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for laywomen of color.

From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2017

Finally, he formed his Third Order, which included laymen and laywomen living in the world, who bound themselves by simple vows of virtue and charity, while continuing in their accustomed phase of life.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)