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priest-hole

priest-hole
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [preest hohl]
    • /prist hoʊl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [preest hohl]
    • /prist hoʊl/

Definition of priest-hole word

  • noun priest-hole a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries 0

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Parts of speech for Priest-hole

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

priest-hole popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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