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单词 priest-ride
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priest-ridev.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: priest n., ride v.
Etymology: < priest n. + ride v., after priest-ridden adj. Compare earlier priest-rid adj., priest-riding n.
Obsolete.
transitive. Of a priest or priests: to control, dominate.
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1733 Revol. Politicks iii. 59 'Tis well if they don't priest-ride you.
1749 S. Jenyns Squire & Parson 6 Plagues we shou'd feel sufficient, on my Word, Starv'd by two Houses, priest-rid by a Third.
1856 W. W. Story Poems 159 Priest-ride your people, crush them 'neath the heel Of despots till no spark of freedom's left.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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