priest-ridden
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The Cock, said O'Casey, represents "the joyful, active spirit of life as it weaves a way through the Irish scene," and it spreads terror among the crabbed codgers and priest-ridden puritans of the countryside.
From Time Magazine Archive
England is no longer priest-ridden, sir; but she is worse, she is law-ridden.
From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick
Adj. ecclesiastical, ecclesiological†; clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular†, theocratic; hierarchical, archiepiscopal; episcopal, episcopalian; canonical; monastic, monachal†; monkish; abbatial†, abbatical†; Anglican†; pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish; ultramontane, priest-ridden.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
For what ignoble design did he put an old Truth Teller into a parcel, and make his priest-ridden minion declare that it was a very valuable packet of letters from John Monk?
From Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published by Monk, Maria
Alas, poor devil! spectres are appointed to haunt him: one age he is hag-ridden, bewitched; the next, priest-ridden, befooled; in all ages, bedevilled.
From Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh by Carlyle, Thomas
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