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churchwoman

/church-woom-uhn/US // ˈtʃɜrtʃˌwʊm ən //UK // (ˈtʃɜːtʃˌwʊmən) //

女教士,女教徒,女教友,女教员

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural church·wom·en.

    • : a female member, adherent, or active supporter of a church.

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Examples

  • “You love your old parish church, like a faithful old churchwoman,” said Magdalen.

  • He heard first that Alice had become an emotionally devout churchwoman;—that lasted for a year;—and then, alas!

  • The money to build the church was collected by their grand niece, Miss Mary Stark, a devoted churchwoman, who died in 1881.

  • I understand Mrs Irving is not a churchwoman, and she may be in real need, as the family is in straitened circumstances.

  • I then visited Mrs Arnett, a very earnest churchwoman, but permanently bedridden.

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