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Webster 1913 Edition

Priestcraft

Priest′craftˊ

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Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Priestcraft

PRIE'STCRAFT

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Noun.
[priest and craft.] The stratagems and frauds of priests; fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management of selfish and ambitious priests to gain wealth and power, or to impose on the credulity of others.

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