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priest-ridden

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priest-ridden
adj
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) dominated or governed by or excessively under the influence of priests
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priest-ridden
adj → klerikalistisch
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In the age of the Founding Fathers, Latin America was seen by most newly independent Americans as corrupt and priest-ridden, kept in poverty and ignorance not only by a feudal Spain and Portugal, but also by a grasping and ignorant Church of Rome.
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In Quebec, the Quiet Revolution replaced the priest-ridden past with a vibrant, modem, notably secular society.
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It would be easy to stereotype her as what is known among the Italians, often pejoratively, as una zitella--an overly pious young maid, clad in a black dress, given to exuberant piety, priest-ridden, and conspicuously virginal.
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