clergywoman

[ klur-jee-woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural cler·gy·wom·en.

1. a female member of the clergy.
2. a woman who is an ordained Christian minister.

clergywoman

/ ˈklɜːdʒɪˌwʊmən /

noun

1. a female member of the clergy Gender-neutral formvicarpriest

Word History and Origins

Origin of clergywoman¹

clergy(man) + -woman

Example Sentences

The House of Deputies, which with the House of Bishops oversees the church, also elected an Indigenous clergywoman, the Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton, as its vice president.

From Washington Post

Dorothy McKinney Wright, 89, a Presbyterian clergywoman who had served from 1978 to 1981 as director of community food and nutrition for the United Planning Organization in Washington, died Oct.

From Washington Post

Judith Helm, 79, a historian who wrote a book about the Tenleytown neighborhood in Northwest Washington and later became a Lutheran clergywoman, died June 25 at a retirement facility in Cary, N.C.

From Washington Post

Reverend Jennifer Bailey is a clergywoman in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the executive director of Faith Matters Network, and co-founder of the People’s Supper.

From Salon

As a Jewish racial justice organizer living in the South and as a clergywoman in the African Methodist Episcopal Church married to a Jewish man, we both know all too well the intimate linkages between anti-black racism and anti-Semitism.

From Salon