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Definition of Laywoman
1. Noun. A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun). ¹
2. Noun. by analogy, a woman who is not a professional in a given field ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laywoman
1. a female member of the laity [n -WOMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laywoman
Literary usage of Laywoman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1888)
"How far will, not the trained thinkers and teachers who have addressed us, but
the ordinary layman and laywoman be the better equipped by these arguments ..."
2. History of American Red Cross Nursing by Lavinia L. Dock (1922)
"... the fullest expression of this ideal; hence the desire on the part of the
laywoman to serve as a Red Cross nurse. Further, American laywomen argued, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"I believe it is also becoming very true of the layman, or laywoman, and in this
fact resides their commendable search after a better and more satisfactory ..."
4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1872)
"... and in later ages it has in the Roman Church been viewed as the right, and
even in some cases as the duty, of the humblest layman or laywoman. ..."
5. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1893)
"And the king granted her request, and sent her in a golden palanquin to the
nunnery, where she should dwell. Now since she, while still a laywoman and ..."
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