stained-glass ceiling
n.— «Scratching the stained-glass ceiling, an increasing number of women hold leadership positions in the church.» —“Church ladies” by Renee M. Lareau U.S. Catholic Sept. 1, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The sideways figure-eight shape used as the infinity symbol is a lemniscate (lem-NIS-kit or lem-NIS-kayt). The word comes from a Greek word meaning “ribbon” or “bow,” a nod to the shape’s resemblance to a tied ribbon. It also turns up in...
If you know someone with a 20th birthday coming up, you’ll want to tuck this word away in your pocket: vigesimal. It means “having to do with the number 20,” and comes from Latin vigesimus, or “twentieth,” a relative of...