cushion-smiter

Noun

UK obsolete slang

(UK, slang, obsolete) A tubthumping clergyman or preacher.

Japanese Meaning

（旧式英国のスラング）熱狂的に説教を行う、派手な説教師・牧師

At the village feast, the elderly cushion-smiter rose, thumped the pulpit, and warned everyone about the coming judgment.

村の宴で、年老いた声高な牧師が立ち上がり、説教壇を叩きながら来る裁きを皆に警告した。

Sense（1）

(UK, slang, obsolete) A tubthumping clergyman or preacher.

[…] they pass alternately into church and Dissenting chapel, where “Cushion smiters” once abounded.

cushion-smiters

（ plural ）