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Definition of priest’s hole noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

priest’s hole

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/ˈpriːsts həʊl/

/ˈpriːsts həʊl/

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a secret space in a house where Catholic priests hid in the past at times when Catholicism was against the law in England

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