priest-hole
priest's hole
noun
a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
Words nearby priest-hole
pride-of-california,
prie,
prie-dieu,
prier,
priest,
priest-hole,
priest-ridden,
priestcraft,
priestess,
priestfish,
priesthood
Example sentences from the Web for priest-hole
Some priest who had used this priest-hole years before had left it there in his hurry; I wondered how.
Martin Hyde, The Duke's Messenger |John Masefield