单词 | priest-ride |
释义 | † priest-ridev. Obsolete. transitive. Of a priest or priests: to control, dominate. ΚΠ 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). < v.1733 |
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