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hedge priests

hedge priests is the plural of hedge priest.

Meaning of hedge priest

Noun

hedge priest (plural hedge priests)

  1. (historical) An ignorant itinerant priest.
    • The Pedant, the Bragart, the Hedge-Prieſt, the Foole, and the Boy. / Abate throw at Nouum, and the whole world againe, / Cannot picke out fiue ſuch, take each one in his vaine.c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby...

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What is hedge priests the plural of?
Hedge priests is the plural of hedge priest.

Words near hedge priests in the dictionary

  1. hedge parsley
  2. hedge parson
  3. hedge parsons
  4. hedge popping
  5. hedge priest
  6. hedge priests
  7. hedge rider
  8. hedge riders
  9. hedge riding
  10. hedge school
  11. hedge schools

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