单词 | clergywoman |
释义 | clergywomann. a. A woman belonging to a religious order; a nun; a priestess; = clergess n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > nun > [noun] nuneOE sistereOE minchenOE nun-sisterOE spousea1200 ladyc1275 religious1340 clergess1393 homely womana1400 monialc1400 moinesa1513 sanctimoniala1513 vowess1533 nosegent1567 votaress1589 votress1597 monkess1602 White Lady1606 cloistressa1616 sanctimony1630 religiosea1657 clergywoman1673 religieuse1682 religioso1708 vestal1717 1673 R. Baxter Let. in Answer to Mr. Dodwell 87 I never took all the impotent persons, poor, and Widows in the Church, to be Clergy-men, and Clergy-women. a1777 S. Foote Trip to Calais (1778) ii. 31 I took her to be one of the clargywomen that belong to the place. 1842 W. M. Thackeray Miss Tickletoby's Lect. i, in Wks. (1886) XXIV. 12 The ancient Britons had not only priests, but priestesses—that is clergywomen. b. humorously. Cf. ‘old woman’. ΚΠ 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) 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.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > wife of clergy-feme1589 clergywoman1820 1820 Gentleman's Mag. II. 150 He is a Clergyman more than a country Gentleman, and his flame a Clergywoman. 1862 Union 11 Apr. 226 The harm which a clergywoman may do..is almost boundless. 1865 M. Oliphant Agnes I. 10 From the clergy-women of Windholm down to the charwomen, the question was discussed. 1867 Church 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. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > female clergywoman1871 1871 Chicago Tribune 17 Feb. (De Vere) Mrs. E. Tupper Wilkes, the Minnesota clergywoman, has a salary of $2000 a year. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 10/1 The Clergywoman in America. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1673 |
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