noun. A woman who is a cleric.

noun. A woman who is a member of a church.

noun. A female member of the church, specifically of the Anglican Church.

noun. The female equivalent of a churchman.

"In the 1980s, he got involved in issues surrounding U.S. policy in El Salvador, this after four churchwoman -- two his dear friends -- were raped and killed by Salvadoran soldiers."

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