1679 Bradley in R. Mansel (1680) 49 She heard the said Lawton was a Priest-taker.
1850 E. B. O'Callaghan III. 111 (note) He was a friar, but fell so low as to become priest taker.
1995 (Nexis) 19 July 13 Though at times the men who wore these chasubles, or used these chalice veils might be hunted by priest-takers,..the extravagance of their vestments suggests a swaggering indifference to state hostility.