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Meaning of "spoiled priest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPOILED PRIEST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPOILED PRIEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spoiled priest is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPOILED PRIEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spoiled priest in the English dictionary

The definition of spoiled priest in the dictionary is a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPOILED PRIEST

spodogram
spodomancy
spodomantic
spodosol
spodumene
spoem
spoffish
spoil
spoilable
spoilage
spoiled
spoiler
spoilfive
spoilful
spoils
spoils system
spoilsman
spoilsmen
spoilsport
spoilt

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPOILED PRIEST

angriest
archpriest
at the earliest
chariest
cheeriest
chief priest
driest
eeriest
furriest
goriest
hairiest
high priest
hungriest
merriest
parish priest
priest
scariest
shimmeriest
sorriest
spriest
veriest

Synonyms and antonyms of spoiled priest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spoiled priest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPOILED PRIEST

Find out the translation of spoiled priest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spoiled priest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spoiled priest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

被宠坏的牧师
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sacerdote malcriado
570 millions of speakers

English

spoiled priest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खराब पुजारी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الكاهن المدلل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

испорчен священник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

padre mimada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদ্রোহী পুরোহিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prêtre gâté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Imam manja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verwöhnte Priester
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

甘やかされて育った司祭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철부지 신부
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Imam sing ngrusak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

linh mục hư hỏng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கெட்ட மகன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिघडलेले याजक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Şımarık papaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sacerdote viziato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zepsute ksiądz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зіпсований священик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preot rasfatata
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαλασμένο ιερέας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedorwe priester
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bortskämda präst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bortskjemt prest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spoiled priest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPOILED PRIEST»

The term «spoiled priest» is used very little and occupies the 192.818 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPOILED PRIEST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spoiled priest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPOILED PRIEST»

Discover the use of spoiled priest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spoiled priest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nevertheless, the fictional character of the "spoiled priest,"3 Diver the doctor was by no means an autobiographical photograph of the spoiled priest, Fitzgerald the author. Yet, some contemporary (1934-40) reviews insisted on identifying Diver ...
Ruth Prigozy, 2002
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Black Cassock: Memoir of a Spoiled Priest
On sacred ground and sacred time, Christmas Eve. On my way to the Chapel for Mass, the ground covered in white snow. The priest in his black cassock jumped me and knocked me to the ground. I fought and struggled.
Paul Foley, 2008
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LIFE
Partly a romantic and idealistic young man and partly, as he himself said, "a spoiled priest," he wrote of American life as if he were some kind of passionately involved anthropologist. In his most moving description of the "vast, meretricious  ...
4
Death at Christy Burke's: A Mystery
A spoiled priest outfit, by the look of it. What happened to it? And why do you want —” “Go along with me on this, Collins. I'll explain it all to you later.” “Yes, Father.” Monty took the suit, turned, and went to the door. He opened it and announced ...
Anne Emery, 2011
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Moving Jesus beyond the Pulpit: Doing It the Community Way ...
9:6; John 5:27). Although, as mentioned earlier, the spoiled priest issue is not limited to Catholic Church, it is now a disease like cancer, which spreads all over the body. The expectations from the priests and pastors who are caught in the act  ...
Dr. Sunday J. I. Etsekhume, 2014
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The Composition of Tender is the Night
The most intriguing phrase in the “Sketch” is “spoiled priest,” which has been woefully overworked as the master key to all of Fitzgerald's work. “Spoiled priest” ——Fitzgerald probably found the expression in Ulysses, where it is applied to ...
Matthew J. Bruccoli, 1963
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The Church and Literature
Sheehan's other short stories include 'A Spoiled Priest' (a phrase which he strongly deprecates), about a Maynooth seminarian mysteriously denied ordination who discovers his vocation as a Carthusian in a kindly word from a younger priest ...
Ecclesiastical History Society. Summer Meeting, Peter Clarke, Charlotte Methuen, 2012
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T. C. Murray, Dramatist: Voice of the Irish Peasant
The tragic look in the spoiled priest's parent's face haunted him and set him thinking" (1968, 3:6-7). After reading the finished work to Christina and Niall, he submitted the typescript, now titled The Levite, to Abbey directors Yeats, Gregory, and ...
Albert J. DeGiacomo, 2003
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Irish Drama, 1900-1980
The tragic look in the spoiled priest's parent's face haunted [Murrav] and set him thinking with the result — Maurice Harte." In writing this play, Murray felt that he " was doing something to relieve the Abbey's reputation for anti-Catholicism," and  ...
Cóilín Owens, Joan Newlon Radner, 1990
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Transforming the Rebel Self: Quest Patterns in Fiction by ...
(130) This conviction plays an important role in Fitzgerald's portrayal of Dick Diver, the protagonist of Tender is the Night, whom the author termed a "spoiled priest." That Dick Diver "is used by others [and] because he allows himself to be used ...
Sharon Therese Nemeth, 2010

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPOILED PRIEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spoiled priest is used in the context of the following news items.
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Thomas Meaney on F. Scott Fitzgerald
“The novel should do this”, Fitzgerald wrote in 1932; “show a man who is a natural idealist, a spoiled priest, giving in for various causes to the ideas of the haute ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Faith in our fathers: can you believe in fictional priests?
In spite of dying in a ramshackle apartment with only the spoiled priest to administer the last rites, one suspects that Ambricourt finds release from the pain, ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
3
An Irish priest who found love in Peru
He was afraid he would be seen as a 'spoiled priest' at home, but his parents in Ballyroe, Knock, Co Mayo, respected his decision. What shook him was the ... «Irish Independent, Aug 13»

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