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priestcraft |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Priestcraft \Priest"craft`\, n. Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by violence. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: priestcraft n 1: a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs 2: the skills involved in the work of a priest
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