priest-ridden

dominated or governed by or excessively under the influence of priests

Words nearby priest-ridden

Some one has said that our Neolithic ancestors, especially the megalith-builders, were priest-ridden.

The New Stone Age in Northern Europe |John M. Tyler
Happily he has little to do, as, ignorant and priest-ridden as the people may be, they never get drunk.

Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] |J. Ewing Ritchie
Dora had become a superstitious, priest-ridden dolt, of no good to him or anyone else any more.

The History of David Grieve |Mrs. Humphry Ward
Italy priest-ridden, and noble-ridden, and prince-ridden, must be content with her fate.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 392, June, 1848 |Various

An idolatrous people must come from the ranks of ignorance,—from a priest-ridden race.

Due West |Maturin Murray Ballou