stained-glass ceiling
n.— «Henry agrees with a recent New York Times article that reports pastors today do still face a “stained-glass ceiling” that keeps them from becoming senior pastors of larger congregations; case in point, only 27 senior pastors of major ELCA congregations are women out of the thousands of senior pastors within the ELCA.» —“The women of Zion” by Susan Jessen Clinton Herald (Iowa) Jan. 19, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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