clergywomen

plural of clergywoman

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clergywomen
Noun
  • His center has specialized in offering spiritual healing for priests troubled by various difficulties.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • Performers in traditional dress portray Inca nobility, priests and warriors, and the rituals are conducted in Quechua, the language of the Inca Empire and still widely spoken in the Andes today.
    Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Revivalist preachers followed them.
    Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • Comprising more than 300 folktales and legends from northern Norway, including many from the coastal Sámi and the Skolt Sámi of eastern Finland, this anthology shares narratives told by fishers, farmers, reindeer herders, lay preachers and teachers.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • Churchgoers mourn beloved pastors People passing by the Pentecostal City Mission Church were overcome with emotion Friday after learning the horrific details of the crash that killed their beloved bishop and assistant pastor.
    Mark Prussin, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • By visiting with the sick and shut-in, helping the bereaved, ministering to the incarcerated, always being willing to open the doors of Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church to more people, teaching theology to other pastors and more, Thornhill was a pastor.
    Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While women cannot be ordained as priests or deacons, they are not forbidden from teaching the faith as theologians, catechists and scholars.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • At the 1978 Lambeth Conference, Nigerian leadership opposed the recommendation to allow the ordination of women as deacons and priests, though the proposal sparked debate within the church.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Lloyd was born in Berkeley and raised in Lafayette by his parents, Lester Lloyd, one of the deans of the San Francisco printing industry, and Mildred Lloyd, a librarian at Stanley Middle School.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • But if the online tool cannot be turned back on safely, school officials will work with deans, department heads, and instructors regarding alternate ways to end the semester, sharing more information before noon Sunday.
    William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • The lawsuit echoes criticism that most commissioners are conservative Christian clerics and commentators; one is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi.
    Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • The group’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, who died in 2021, was one of the country’s most radical clerics.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Past presidents have met with popes and taken their criticisms on the chin, so to speak, but never has a president excoriated a pope in a public manner.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Clergywomen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clergywomen. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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