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priestcraft

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priestcraft [ˈpriːstˌkrɑːft]
n
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the art and skills involved in the work of a priest
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Derogatory the influence of priests upon politics or the use by them of secular power
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Noun1.priestcraft - a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs
intrigue, machination - a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
2.priestcraft - the skills involved in the work of a priest
craftsmanship, workmanship, craft - skill in an occupation or trade


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The honest lovers of liberty will, we doubt not, pardon that long digression into which we were led at the close of the last chapter, to prevent our history from being applied to the use of the most pernicious doctrine which priestcraft had ever the wickedness or the impudence to preach.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Several old women, a fly-flapping girl of eleven, and two young men who had graduated from the canoe house of the youths and who were studying priestcraft under the master, composed the household and waited upon Jerry.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
By this I observed, that there is priestcraft even among the most blinded, ignorant pagans in the world; and the policy of making a secret of religion, in order to preserve the veneration of the people to the clergy, not only to be found in the Roman, but, perhaps, among all religions in the world, even among the most brutish and barbarous savages.
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