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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Priestcraft  \Priest"craft`\,  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 
 
  It  is  better  that  men  should  be  governed  by  priestcraft 
  than  by  violence.  --Macaulay. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  priestcraft 
  n  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 




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