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priest-ridden, ppl. a.|ˈpriːstˌrɪd(ə)n|
Also -rid (obs. or arch.).
[f. priest n. + ridden ppl. a.]
‘Ridden’, i.e. managed or controlled by a priest or priests; held in subjection by priestly authority.
α1653Waterhouse Apol. Learn. 82 That pusillanimity..which by many in our Age scornfully is called Priest⁓riddenness as I may so say, their term being Priest-ridden when they express a man addicted to the Clergie. 1681Dryden Spanish Friar ii. iii, Was ever man thus priest⁓ridden? 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. viii. 80 Nothing but the Redemption of the Priest-ridden Laiety from Priest⁓craft Slavery and Tyranny could have perswaded me to this ungrateful..Toil. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xi, I have been abroad, and know better than to be priest-ridden. 1849[see press-ridden s.v. press n.1 16]. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. v. 290 note, The Scots are called a priest-ridden people, yet their most esteemed jests are against the clergy.
β1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 411 Which..they endeavoured to keep as ignorant as they could, that the People might be the more patiently Priest-rid. 1714Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) I. 260 Men [may] be..religious tho' they refus'd to be priest-rid. 1860Reade Cloister & H. (1861) II. 28 Not the first fool that has been priest-rid, and monk-bit.
Hence ˈpriest-ˌriddenness, the condition of being priest-ridden. So (nonce-wds.) ˈpriest-ˌriding, the domination or tyranny of priests; ˈpriest-ride v. trans. (rare), to control as a priest.
1653Priest-riddenness [see above]. 1705in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Col. Ch. I. 156 Common aversion against Priest-riding. 1733Revolution Politicks iii. 59 'Tis well if they don't priest-ride you. |