anti-clerical

We encounter battles between Italian patriots and Bonapartists, the temporal claims of the Catholic Church versus those of anti-clerical liberalism, the trumpet blasts of imperialism leading to the invasion of Libya in 1912, the totalitarianism of Mussolini's two-decade rule, and the conflicts that have raged since then.

The Heirloom City Dan Hofstadter 2011

It was once one of finest centres of intellectual inquiry in Europe, thanks to the efforts of its founder, the sternly anti-clerical philosopher Jeremy Bentham.

How radical Islam seduced the academics Nick Cohen 2010

It tells the story of the "whisky priest" on the run in a nameless southern Mexican state (Tabasco) during the anti-clerical purges of the 1930s.

Mexico inspires a growing list of foreign writers 2009

In addition, however, Adams was very anti-clerical.

The Volokh Conspiracy » The William F. Buckley Clause of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 2010

This was the first openly anti-clerical comedy, touching, between the lines of its farce, on sexual abuse, alcoholism and corruption.

Holy smoke: religion and television's uneasy pact 2011

It tells the story of the "whisky priest" on the run in a nameless southern Mexican state (Tabasco) during the anti-clerical purges of the 1930s.

Mexico inspires a growing list of foreign writers 2009

At university, bin Laden, who had been raised in the strict tradition of Saudi 'Salafist' Islamic practice known outside the kingdom as Wahhabism , was exposed to newer, more politicised and often anti-clerical religious doctrines.

Osama bin Laden obituary 2011

They were an anti-clerical lot, the Framers, even the clerics among them.

Lance Mannion: 2010

They were an anti-clerical lot, the Framers, even the clerics among them.

The Constitution as Holy Writ 2010

The main functions were to drink, read anti-clerical papers to each other, and dine extravagantly.

Hugh Muir's diary 2011