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
Politicians say that they want us in their country, that they are priest-ridden, and hate and fear their Lamas.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund
Alas, poor devil! spectres are appointed to haunt him: one age he is hag-ridden, bewitched; the next, priest-ridden, befooled; in all ages, bedevilled.
From Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh by Carlyle, Thomas
For Egypt was a priest-ridden country in old days.
From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
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