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women of the cloth

women of the cloth is the plural of woman of the cloth.

Meaning of woman of the cloth

Noun

woman of the cloth (plural women of the cloth)

  1. (rare) A female member of the clergy.
    • What many didn’t know at the time is that this incredible woman of the cloth had left the side of her own ailing mother to do what she felt was the only thing she could do: confess the sins of her predecessors, beg for forgiveness of those wronged, and, in so doing, help to heal the wounds of a...2020 July 24, Karen Gibson, “This precious moment of healing”, in Church Times
    Synonyms:
    clergywoman

Questions about women of the cloth

What is women of the cloth the plural of?
Women of the cloth is the plural of woman of the cloth.

Words near women of the cloth in the dictionary

  1. women of easy virtue
  2. women of ill fame
  3. women of ill repute
  4. women of letters
  5. women of means
  6. women of the cloth
  7. women of the house
  8. women of the night
  9. women of the people
  10. women of the street
  11. women of the town

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