black-stoled

The men trod in single file, without conversation; and the black-stoled priest in their midst gave to the function the solemn aspect of a funeral.

The Men of Forty Mile 2010

The men trod in single file, without conversation; and the black-stoled priest in their midst gave to the function the solemn aspect of a funeral.

The Men of Forty-Mile 2010

After these came the unfortunate Nicephorus; his looks were those of a man half-dead from the terror of immediate dissolution, and what he possessed of remaining attention, was turned successively to two black-stoled monks, who were anxiously repeating religious passages to him alternately from the Greek scripture, and the form of devotion adopted by the court of Constantinople.

Count Robert of Paris 2008

The men trod in single file, without conversation; and the black-stoled priest in their midst gave to the function the solemn aspect of a funeral.

The Men of Forty-Mile 1900

The men trod in single file, without conversation; and the black-stoled priest in their midst gave to the function the solemn aspect of a funeral.

The Son of the Wolf Jack London 1896

Now and then a black-stoled figure crossed their way, and vanished like a ghost.

Olive A Novel Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856

They are a multitude no man can number, black-stoled familiars of the inquisition of slander, searching for victims in every city, town, and village, wherever the heart of humanity throbs, or the ashes of mortality find rest.

Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Caroline Lee Hentz 1828

After these came the unfortunate Nicephorus; his looks were those of a man half-dead from the terror of immediate dissolution, and what he possessed of remaining attention, was turned successively to two black-stoled monks, who were anxiously repeating religious passages to him alternately from the

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801