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

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

Yet we are not in the least a priest-ridden people.

From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by Hurlbert, William Henry

Except poor priest-ridden Mary, who had a Spanish mother and a Spanish husband, they did not brook control, and no one was ever more conscious of being a king than Henry VIII.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)

England is no longer priest-ridden, sir; but she is worse, she is law-ridden.

From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick