gownmen

In rising hastily, the cap which he commonly wore, according to a custom then usual both among clergymen and gownmen of

Woodstock 1855

In rising hastily, the cap which he commonly wore, according to a custom then usual both among clergymen and gownmen of a civil profession, had escaped from his head, and carried with it the large silk patch which he probably wore for the purpose of disguise; for the cheek which was disclosed was unscarred, and the eye as good as that which was usually uncovered.

Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Walter Scott 1801

His parts, which were not despicable, and his learning, which was great, being highly extolled by his courtiers and gownmen, and not yet tried in the management of any delicate affairs, for which he was unfit, raised a high idea of him in the world; nor was it always through flattery or insincerity that he received the title of the second Solomon.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. David Hume 1743

They there presented him with a list of all the considerable of the Reformed Religion in _Paris_, who had assured him aids of men and money in this expedition; merchants, rich tradesmen, magistrates and gownmen of the Reformed Church and the law.

Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister Aphra Behn 1664

(as sure I should) kill myself, it were blasphemy to lay this fatal marriage to heaven's charge ---- curse on your nonsense, ye imposing gownmen, curse on your holy cant; you may as well call rapes and murders, treason and robbery, the acts of heaven; because heaven suffers them to be committed.

Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister Aphra Behn 1664