Thesaurus: priestcraft

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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.
2. n. a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs
3. n. the skills involved in the work of a priest
4. 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.
5. Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an illsense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management bypriests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religiousmotives or credulity of others.It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than byviolence. Macaulay.
6. n. a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs n. the skills involved in the work of a priest