priestling

A petty priestling, who has no other merit than a little lively small-talk and a cavalier air.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

"Now so surely as I am Kurt, the Knacker, there is more in this priestling than meets the eye," he muttered.

The Doomsman Van Tassel Sutphen 1903

The priestling was to turn courtier and perhaps soldier; Asti was to be exchanged for Turin, the seminary for the academy; and even the old chief of Donnaz betrayed in his grumbling counsels to the boy a sense of the exalted future in which they might some day serve him.

The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899

‘Hurrah!’ said Philip to himself, ‘the priestling did not get the best of that.’

Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895

There's a gang of men about -- Anglican Catholics they call themselves; well, remember the German proverb, 'Every priestling hides a popeling.' ...

The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892

Leave the priestling in his folly sinning through a Brahman's greed,

Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878

It bounced against the shaft of a column, and then fell on the shaven head of a priestling, who seized it and tossed it back.

Serapis — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

It bounced against the shaft of a column, and then fell on the shaven head of a priestling, who seized it and tossed it back.

Serapis — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867

It bounced against the shaft of a column, and then fell on the shaven head of a priestling, who seized it and tossed it back.

Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

A pity and shame it was, but it would make him more than ever a mere priestling, ever hankering after books and trash!

The Herd Boy and His Hermit Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862