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单词 priest-riding
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priest-ridingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: priest n., riding n.1
Etymology: < priest n. + riding n.1, after priest-ridden adj. Compare earlier priest-rid adj. and later priest-ride v.
Obsolete.
The domination or tyranny of priests. Also attributive.
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1700 Ode on Death Dryden in H. Playford Luctus Britannici 27 He was check'd with a Priest-riding Yoke.
1705 in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 156 Common aversion against Priest riding.
1752 W. Roman Serm. preached before Lord Mayor 13 All Ecclesiastical Censure we know, is either become a By-word, and laughed to scorn, or looked upon and cried out against as Spiritual Tyranny or Popish Priest Riding.
1860 J. W. Alexander Mem. 326 The horrible priest-riding of the kingdom of Savoy, smites me everywhere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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