Dictionary Definition
priestcraft
Noun
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
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- the craft of performing the duties of a priest
- priestly policy directed towards worldy ends
- John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel:
- In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, before polygamy was made a sin
- Horace (Horatio) Smith, Address to a Mummy:
- Perhaps thou wert a priest,--if so, my struggles
- Are vain, for priestcraft never owns its juggles.
- Perhaps thou wert a priest,--if so, my struggles
- John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel: