churchwoman

noun

Etymology

From church + woman.

  1. inherited from wīfmann
  2. inherited from womman
  3. compounded as churchwoman — “church + woman

Definitions

  1. The female equivalent of a churchman.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA