Gentlewoman
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.

2. (n.) A woman who attends a lady of high rank.

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A Crowded Coach
... had driven clear away. We were at a loss, till a gentlewoman invited my wife
and me to come into her coach. She brought some inconveniences ...
//christianbookshelf.org/wesley/the journal of john wesley/a crowded coach.htm

Hebrews xi. 37, 38
... [10.] And how is it not a shame (you say) that a gentlewoman [3356] should
walk out with [only] two servants? It is no shame, that ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xxviii hebrews xi 37.htm

Light after Darkness
... On a housetop in Memphis, a gentlewoman, in a single gauze slip and many jewels,
lounged on a rug and gazed at nothing across the city. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxxv light after darkness.htm

The Life of Mr. Robert Cunningham.
... Ireland, the parish of Holywood, his suffering brethren in the ministry, and his
children to God, and withal added, "Lord, I recommend this gentlewoman to thee ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr robert 4.htm

Prolegomena.
... and these needless additions of an unskilled hand." These arguments, we learn, led
eventually to the improvement of the young Antiochene gentlewoman both in ...
/.../theodoret/the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/prolegomena.htm

Life.
... His character in the Church for probity and piety stood very high. [8] He married
an orphaned gentlewoman named Emmelia, whose father had suffered ...
//christianbookshelf.org/basil/basil letters and select works/i life.htm

Wesley Goes to Cornwall
... at the market place welcomed us with a loud huzza: wit as harmless as the ditty
sung under my window (composed, one assured me, by a gentlewoman of their own ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesley goes to cornwall.htm

She Thought, "I Laugh Prettily"
... I preached on the "one thing needful"; and the rich behaved as seriously as the
poor. Only one young gentlewoman (I heard) laughed much. Poor thing! ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/she thought i laugh prettily.htm

Dramatic Scenes at Falmouth
... Thursday, 4."I rode to Falmouth. About three in the afternoon I went to
see a gentlewoman who had been long indisposed. Almost ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/dramatic scenes at falmouth.htm

Reading the Riot Act
... came. Almost as soon as we had done singing, a kind of gentlewoman began.
I have seldom seen a poor creature take so much pains. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/reading the riot act.htm

Thesaurus
Gentlewoman (1 Occurrence)
... the vulgar. 2. (n.) A woman who attends a lady of high rank. Multi-Version
Concordance Gentlewoman (1 Occurrence). Acts 17:34 A few ...
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Gentleness (17 Occurrences)

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Gentlewomen (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Gentlewoman. Multi-Version Concordance
Gentlewomen (3 Occurrences). Acts 13:50 But the Jews ...
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Attached (31 Occurrences)
... Acts 17:34 A few, however, attached themselves to him and believed, among them being
Dionysius a member of the Council, a gentlewoman named Damaris, and some ...
/a/attached.htm - 15k

Member (20 Occurrences)
... Acts 17:34 A few, however, attached themselves to him and believed, among them being
Dionysius a member of the Council, a gentlewoman named Damaris, and some ...
/m/member.htm - 17k

Council (51 Occurrences)
... Acts 17:34 A few, however, attached themselves to him and believed, among them being
Dionysius a member of the Council, a gentlewoman named Damaris, and some ...
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Concordance
Gentlewoman (1 Occurrence)

Acts 17:34
A few, however, attached themselves to him and believed, among them being Dionysius a member of the Council, a gentlewoman named Damaris, and some others.
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Subtopics

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Related Terms

Gentleness (17 Occurrences)

Gentlewomen (3 Occurrences)

Attached (31 Occurrences)

Member (20 Occurrences)

Council (51 Occurrences)

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