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Meanings of make a priest in English

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Usage of make a priest in English
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If you will believe it, they wanted to make a priest of me!
The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales
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The bishop wondered if he would make a priest.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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When I was a boy, my mother wanted to make a priest out of me.
Beasts, Men and Gods
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That way you have of lighting a cigar would make a priest break the seal of confession.
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
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The cardinal cannot change the rules that protect the confessional, that make a priest as silent as God.
The King’s Curse
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So the Baron said that he should take Christopher, and make a priest of him, if the boy would.
Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories / Reprinted from The Hill of...
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I could compose a song that would make a priest weep.... A greatly parched throat, Señor, he added piteously.
Romance
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My father, bless his soul, was killed in battle, and so my mother tried to make a priest of me.
Stradella
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They will no longer make a priest of our Iskender; that honour is for the son of Costantîn;-low ,cunningdevil!
The Valley of the Kings
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I had long hoped to make a priest of you, and I imparted to you my knowledge with that sole aim.
International Short Stories: French
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If we give that odious old Jesuit the chance, he will make a priest of Romayne before we know where we are.
The Black Robe
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Seeing at nineteen that he could not make a poet of his son, the old man resolved to make a priest of him.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil / Its People and Literature, Its Life...
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Our intention was to make a priest of him: and he was bred for this, until you perverted him from it, you wicked woman.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
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Brought up in a Franciscan convent, he was made a priest in 1520.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
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Behold thou art made a priest and art consecrated to celebrate.
The Imitation of Christ
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Now they have made a priest of me, and I seek peace only.
The Wanderer's Necklace
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