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priestcraft
[ preest-kraft, -krahft ]
priestcraft
/ ˈpriːstˌkrɑːft /
noun
- the art and skills involved in the work of a priest
- derogatory.the influence of priests upon politics or the use by them of secular power
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Word History and Origins
Origin of priestcraft1
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Example Sentences
They are simply religious emanations from the corrupt and disordered brain of priestcraft.
It is a flaming sword that priestcraft has placed in every highway of learning to frighten back the timid searchers after truth.
This made it easy for him to emancipate himself from the slavery of priestcraft and become and remain a Freethinker.
"No priestcraft at Marney," said this gentle proprietor of abbey lands.
From town to town, from land to land, I was pursued by priestcraft and persecution; yet I acquired fame.
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