subs. (old).—A clerical APPLE-SQUIRE (q.v.); a SERVANT (q.v.).
1690. CROWNE, The English Friar, ii. 1. I know him, he’s a LAP-PRIEST indeed!… and, being of a tender constitution,… he lies between their sheets.
subs. (old).—A clerical APPLE-SQUIRE (q.v.); a SERVANT (q.v.).
1690. CROWNE, The English Friar, ii. 1. I know him, he’s a LAP-PRIEST indeed!… and, being of a tender constitution,… he lies between their sheets.
