The countess was a devoted Jacobite and an earnest churchwoman. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873] Reference
Bede only mentions Hereric at all in a brief aside on the birth of a notable churchwoman. From Wordnik.com. [Hereric of Deira] Reference
On the other hand, Bede's real interest here is presumably Hild and her life as a churchwoman. From Wordnik.com. [Hereric of Deira] Reference
There is not a churchwoman here but will stand her ground against these folks, for the honour of the Establishment. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
She thinks like a Methodist, talks like a Methodist and wants to reform society just like a well-Sunday-schooled Methodist churchwoman should. From Wordnik.com. [Soulful Matters] Reference
The third POV, and the most interesting, is that of Rosvita, a churchwoman constructing an elaborate history of the Wendish peoples for the King's aged mother. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
She took a class in the little Sunday school at the schoolhouse, not so much because she was an enthusiastic churchwoman as because it was the place where contact could be had. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
It would appear that she had been a good churchwoman. From Wordnik.com. [And Thus He Came A Christmas Fantasy] Reference
To Charity Coe, the devout churchwoman, this picture was appalling. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
I then visited Mrs Arnett, a very earnest churchwoman, but permanently bedridden. From Wordnik.com. [The Club of Queer Trades] Reference
Mrs. Orme was a good churchwoman but not strong, individually, in points of doctrine. From Wordnik.com. [Orley Farm] Reference
"Think of her soul, Souchey," repeated Lotta, who was at all points a good churchwoman. From Wordnik.com. [Nina Balatka] Reference
This being so, and Hannah being a good churchwoman, she thought she would have him baptized. From Wordnik.com. [Ishmael In the Depths] Reference
She is the most handy churchwoman in all my ministration in Kensington, which is now forty years. From Wordnik.com. [Bohemian Days Three American Tales] Reference
Mrs Irving is not a churchwoman, and she may be in real need, as the family is in straitened circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [An Ambitious Man] Reference
A strange conclusion for a staid churchwoman like Mrs. Wade, but her rich humanity transcended all her training. From Wordnik.com. [Dust] Reference
In religious politics, Hester was what is called a good churchwoman, which in truth means a good deal of a sectarian. From Wordnik.com. [Weighed and Wanting] Reference
Mrs. Frostwinch was a devout churchwoman in her way, although she was now in appearance following after strange gods. From Wordnik.com. [The Puritans] Reference
Mrs. Goddard was not a dissenter and she was not a Romanist; on the contrary she appeared to be a very good churchwoman. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale of a Lonely Parish] Reference
Rosalind had been a churchwoman (high) for nine months some six years ago, just after planchette and just before flag days. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Ages] Reference
A devoted churchwoman, she grieved over the treatment accorded by the invading German Army to the priests and nuns of Belgium. From Wordnik.com. [Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front] Reference
Mrs. Bradley concurred sympathetically in this pious wish, and then added that she supposed Aunt Flora had been a churchwoman. From Wordnik.com. [When Last I Died]
Mrs. Rusk, who was a sound and bitter churchwoman, said he fancied he saw visions and talked with angels like the rest of that 'rubbitch.'. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh] Reference
Mrs. Morison was not immediately concerned in the matter, not being a churchwoman, but she had an intelligent interest in all questions of the day. From Wordnik.com. [The Puritans] Reference
That's why I had to give up being a churchwoman. ". From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Ages] Reference
My aunt was the one of my relatives who was a churchwoman. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Puritans] Reference
Souchey,” repeated Lotta, who was at all points a good churchwoman. From Wordnik.com. [Nina Balatka] Reference
"branding" in a metaphorical way, I haven't yet seen an Anglican churchwoman with a giant. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
I am a gentlewoman, Mr. Denzil, and a churchwoman, and as such cannot countenance such conduct as his. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Silent House] Reference
"I am a good churchwoman, but I am not able to believe in scoring off the sins of the soul by abusing the body. From Wordnik.com. [The Puritans] Reference
I could not possibly approve of any charity conducted upon such lines, nor, I think, could any good churchwoman. ". From Wordnik.com. [A Prince of Sinners] Reference
“I am as good a churchwoman as the parson’s wife, save that necessary business will not allow me to go there oftener than on. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
Emily was a churchwoman. From Wordnik.com. [Marcella] Reference
My wife, you know, is a strict churchwoman. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Shirley was not, at that time, a churchwoman, and her account of the prayer, etc., is. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
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