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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The female equivalent of a churchman.
2. 2
   a female clergyman or other person in religious orders wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

brothercatechumenchurchmancommunicantpastorpriest

Etymology

From church + woman.

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