- plural of laywoman.
laywomen
Example Sentences
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He has also named women — laywomen and religious sisters — as consultors to Vatican offices dominated by male clergy, including the one that chooses bishops.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
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
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
