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Definition of Clergywoman
1. [n -WOMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clergywoman
Literary usage of Clergywoman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1887)
"By falling in love with a popish clergywoman," said Trim. '"Twas a Beguine," said
my Uncle Toby. Dr. Slop was too much in wrath to listen to the distinction ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1887)
"said the good clergywoman. " Always kind," her husband echoed, with an impressive
shake of Mrs Hay- ward's hand, and afterwards of Joyce's, who was confused ..."
3. The Americans at Home: Pen-and-ink Sketches of American Men, Manners, and by David Macrae (1870)
"... Miss Anna Dickinson, amongst the most popular in the States. In Massachusetts,
I saw a female clergyman (clergywoman I should perhaps say), the Eev. ..."
4. The Nineteenth Century (1896)
"And doubtless in some few cases this state of things still continues, under press
of special circumstances ; but the clergywoman as a general rule is now ..."
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