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clergywoman|ˈklɜːdʒɪwʊmən|
[f. clergy + woman, after clergyman.]
†1.
a. A woman belonging to a religious order; a nun; a priestess; = clergess 2. Obs.
1673Baxter Let. in Answ. Dodwell 87, I never took all the impotent persons, poor, and Widows in the Church, to be Clergy-men, and Clergy-women. a1777Foote Trip Calais ii. i. (D.), I took her to be one of the clergywomen that belong to the place. 1842Thackeray Miss Tickletoby's Lect. i. Wks. 1886 XXIV. 12 The ancient Britons had not only priests, but priestesses—that is clergywomen.
b. humorously. Cf. ‘old woman’.
1726Amherst Terræ Fil. xxx. 160 Several fellows..lodged an appeal..against Dr. Drybones..complaining of several arbitrary..practices of that reverend old clergy-woman.
2. A clergyman's wife or other female relative (especially when she manages the parish). (Humorous or satirical.)
1820Gentl. Mag. II. 150 He is a Clergyman more than a country Gentleman, and his flame a Clergywoman. 1862Union 11 Apr. 226 The harm which a clergywoman may do..is almost boundless. 1865Mrs. Oliphant Agnes I. 10 From the clergy-women of Windholm down to the charwomen, the question was discussed. 1867Ch. Times 6 July 236/4 The clergywoman nuisance and the domestic ideal.
3. A woman acting as pastor of a congregation or as a minister of religion.
1871Chicago Tribune 17 Feb. (De Vere), Mrs. E. Tupper Wilkes, the Minnesota clergywoman, has a salary of $2000 a year. 1904Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 10/1 The Clergywoman in America. |