die roaring for a priest
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Alternative forms
- die roaring for the priest
Etymology
Variation of die roaring; in Catholicism, without a priest a dying person cannot receive the sacraments of confession or extreme unction.
Verb
die roaring for a priest (third-person singular simple present dies roaring for a priest, present participle dying roaring for a priest, simple past and past participle died roaring for a priest)
- (Ireland, Catholicism, colloquial, dated) repent too late of one's sins; (hence) be damned
- 1973, Eilís Dillon, Across the Bitter Sea, page 436:
- “God’s curse down on you, Burke; may you never lie quiet in bed; may your children wither and die; may your rooftree fall; may your seed and breed in every generation from this day forward bring forth a thief or a murderer of his own kind; may brother rise against brother in every generation; may you never see the face of God; may you live to see the ruin of your family; may you die roaring for the priest and him far away—”
- 1996, Marian Keyes, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Poolbeg, →ISBN, page 654:
- Suffice it to say that the barman physically hustled him towards the door, as Gus struggled and shouted, "I hope you die roaring for a priest."
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