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priest-hole

priest's hole

noun

a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries

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Nearby words

pride-of-california, prie, prie-dieu, prier, priest, priest-hole, priest-ridden, priestcraft, priestess, priestfish, priesthood
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