priest-ridden

adjective

1. dominated or governed by or excessively under the influence of priests

Example Sentences

In both instances, it is not too much to say that they all were "priest-ridden" in the fullest meaning of the term.

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Some one has said that our Neolithic ancestors, especially the megalith-builders, were priest-ridden.

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Ireland had become a land of peasants, blankly ignorant and helplessly priest-ridden.

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I know of no nation of old that was priest-ridden which did not fall under the swords of those who did not care for hierarchs.

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These people, whom we call priest-ridden, are the only Britons who will not be squire-ridden.

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