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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A priest.

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Examples

  • ‘You may say that; and it is a farmer I should have been, like my brother Denis, had not my uncle Phelim, the thief, tould my father to send me to school, to learn Greek letters, that I might be made a saggart of, and sent to Paris and Salamanca.’

    Lavengro 2004

  • "Well, Shorsha, about a year and a half after you left us -- and a sorrowful hour for us it was when ye left us, losing, as we did, your funny stories of your snake -- and the battles of your military -- they sent me to Paris and Salamanca, in order to make a saggart of me."

    The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" George Henry Borrow 1842

  • "Well, Shorsha, about a year and a half after you left us -- and a sorrowful hour for us it was when ye left us, losing, as we did, your funny stories of your snake -- and the battles of your military -- they sent me to Paris and Salamanca, in order to make a saggart of me."

    The Romany Rye George Henry Borrow 1842

  • Salamanca, it manes that he is going abroad to study to be a saggart, whether he goes to them places or not.

    The Romany Rye George Henry Borrow 1842

  • 'Well, Shorsha, about a year and a half after you left us -- and a sorrowful hour for us it was when ye left us, losing, as we did, your funny stories of your snake -- and the battles of your military -- they sent me to Paris and Salamanca, in order to make a saggart of me.'

    The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' George Henry Borrow 1842

  • Denis, had not my uncle Phelim, the thief, tould my father to send me to school, to learn Greek letters, that I might be made a saggart of, and sent to Paris and Salamanca. '

    Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842

  • Salamanca, it manes that he is going abroad to study to be a saggart, whether he goes to them places or not.

    The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" George Henry Borrow 1842

  • Salamanca, it manes that he is going abroad to study to be a saggart, whether he goes to them places or not.

    The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' George Henry Borrow 1842

  • Every one has heard of Father Toban; the greatest scholar in the world, who they, say stands a better chance of being made Pope, some day or other, than any saggart in Ireland.”

    Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

  • Denis, had not my uncle Phelim, the thief! tould my father to send me to school, to learn Greek letters, that I might be made a saggart of and sent to Paris and Salamanca. "

    Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842

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