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Synonyms for clergywoman


Grammar : Noun
Spell : klur-jee-woo m-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɜr dʒiˌwʊm ən



Définition of clergywoman

Origin :
  • 1670s, a nun, from clergy + man (n.). Not seriously as "woman pastor" until 1871; in between it was used humorously for "old woman" or "domineering wife of a clergyman." Cf. clergyman.
  • noun preacher
Example sentences :
  • He resisted but little, for his parish needed a clergywoman sadly.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • She seemed to have been at the inn with the clergywoman, and was telling the tinker-mother the result.
  • Extract from : « Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men » by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

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