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laywoman

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laywoman /ˈleɪˌwʊmən/ noun
plural laywomen /-ˌwɪmən/ /ˈleɪˌwɪmən/
laywoman
/ˈleɪˌwʊmən/
noun
plural laywomen /-ˌwɪmən/ /ˈleɪˌwɪmən/
Learner's definition of LAYWOMAN
[count]
: a woman who belongs to a religion but is not a member of the clergy女平信徒
compare laity
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laywoman

noun

lay·​wom·​an ˈlā-ˌwu̇-mən How to pronounce laywoman (audio)
: a woman who is a member of the laity

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The three women—two nuns and a laywoman—will serve five-year terms and have a hand in the selection of more than 5,300 bishops worldwide. Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune, 15 July 2022 The council summoned between 2,000 and 2,500 bishops and thousands of observers, auditors, sisters, laymen, and laywomen to four sessions at St. Peter’s Basilica over three years—an unprecedented level of openness driven by clear reformist zeal. Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 25 June 2019 The main events at this week’s meeting are a series of speeches by six bishops, two laywomen and a nun on various aspects of abuse and its remedies, interspersed with closed-door discussions in small groups organized by language. Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019 Not a bishop, not a priest — a laywoman, a former slave. Meagan Flynn, ajc, 4 June 2018 A mixed committee was convened, made up of black, white, Asian, and Hispanic pastors and a few laywomen, roughly representing the spectrum of theological leanings in the denomination. Emma Green, The Atlantic, 5 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1529, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of laywoman was in 1529
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