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Definition of Priestcraft
1. Noun. A derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs.
2. Noun. The skills involved in the work of a priest.
Definition of Priestcraft
1. 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.
Definition of Priestcraft
1. Noun. the craft of performing the duties of a priest ¹
2. Noun. (pejorative) priestly policy directed towards worldly ends ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Priestcraft
Literary usage of Priestcraft
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"MT (new title, 'A General <y of priestcraft'). 28. 'priestcraft '1 2! t form W.
iii. ; reissued 1721, with till.-. 'The History of Priests and priestcraft ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1833)
"A Popular History of priestcraft in all Ages and Nations. By WILLIAM HOWITT.
1 vol. 12mo. London: B. Wilson. 1833. WE were always taught to believe that the ..."
3. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"The despotism and priestcraft of the system were, it seems, too glaring to be
... A priestcraft, he also says, limited by law : A law of which the priests ..."
4. Church and State in England & Wales, 1829-1906 by Michael John Fitzgerald McCarthy (1906)
"The burden of all the letters was the same, namely, that the spread of priestcraft
is undermining the national character, not only in Ireland but in England ..."
5. Church and State in England & Wales, 1829-1906 by Michael John Fitzgerald McCarthy (1906)
"The burden of all the letters was the same, namely, that the spread of priestcraft
is undermining the national character, not only in Ireland but in England ..."
6. The History of British India by James Mill (1817)
"A priestcraft, he.also says, limited by law : A law of which the priests CHAP.
... Yes, truly; it was the interest of the priestcraft to check the despotism ..."
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