English Explanatory Dictionary

hedge priest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ignorant itinerant priest.

Word forms

hedge priest hedge priests

Etymology

From hedge (“third-rate”) + priest. To imply such a priest "plying one's trade under a hedge." Compare hedge alehouse, hedge whore.

Related words

hedge parson hedge sermon
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