jack priest

noun

A priest.

First used 17th–20th c.
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Meanings

nounjack priest (plural jack priests)

plural jack priests

  1. derogatoryobsoleteA priest.First known use 17th–20th c.

    [T]he snorted latin of jackpriests moving burly in their albs […].

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 3: Proteus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 40
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    By gar, he is de Coward‑Iack‑Priest of de vorld: he is not show his face.

    c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]
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