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
It was to England that they looked above all for approbation and sympathy, and on the aid of England that they confidently counted in their struggle with a despotic and priest-ridden Europe.
From History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 by Green, John Richard
It is chiefly German historians who complain of Charles as being priest-ridden, and also of neglecting the affairs of the Empire while concentrating too much on Bohemia.
From From a Terrace in Prague by Baker, Lieut.-Col. B. Granville
For, strange to say, the modern Spaniards—at least those who come to the Philippines—are as little superstitious or priest-ridden as the people of any nation in Europe.
From Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 by MacMicking, Robert
At'nt in pulpit now? when art a got up there I never mind what dost say; but I won't be priest-ridden, nor taught how to behave myself by thee.
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry
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