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priest-ridden

Adjective

Meaning

Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pontifical apostolic episcopal evangelistic controlled papal ecclesiastical canonical monastic pastoral clerical ministerial priestly theocratic bigoted
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History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes Letter to von Humboldt, 1813. Thomas Jefferson

Quebec City, Canada: "A rotten priest-ridden community who are the completest passengers & who won't do their bit in anything & of course not during the war!!" Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

Close letter words and terms

priest-king priest-monk priest-penitent privilege priestal priestcap priestcraft