单词 | priest-riding |
释义 | † priest-ridingn. Obsolete. The domination or tyranny of priests. Also attributive. ΚΠ 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). < n.1700 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。