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单词 clergywoman
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clergywomann.

/ˈkləːdʒɪwʊmən/
Etymology: < clergy n. + woman n., after clergyman.
1.
a. A woman belonging to a religious order; a nun; a priestess; = clergess n. 2. Obsolete.
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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’.
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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.)
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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.
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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).
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