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
Near him was a thick, short-necked, burly individual; his phisiog indicated at once that he was a priest-ridden.
From The Eureka Stockade by Carboni, Raffaello
Whether the people become priest-ridden or not, hereafter, will depend, as it always has done, utterly on themselves.
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas
England is no longer priest-ridden, sir; but she is worse, she is law-ridden.
From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick
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
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