priest-ridden

British  

adjective

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

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Example Sentences

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

For Egypt was a priest-ridden country in old days.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

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

Then I said I was informed that there was a reaction against the Church in Ireland, against being what American Protestants call "priest-ridden."

From What's the Matter with Ireland? by Russell, Ruth

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