In religious politics, Hester was what is called a good churchwoman, which in truth means a good deal of a sectarian.
"Weighed and Wanting"
George MacDonald
Lady Mary was annoyed, or, more properly speaking, she was "moved in the spirit," which in a churchwoman seems to be the same thing as annoyance in the unregenerate or unorthodox mind.
"The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers"
Mary Cholmondeley
I understand Mrs Irving is not a churchwoman, and she may be in real need, as the family is in straitened circumstances.
"An Ambitious Man"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox