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
- 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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