priestcraft [
'pri:stkræft]
n. 祭司的本领, 神职人员对世俗权力的使用
priestcraft[ noun ]- a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs
<noun.cognition>
- the skills involved in the work of a priest
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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.
- For different people it has a different pull, but anyone who has not felt that gravitational attraction has not really understood the spell of catholicism, with all its mystique of priestcraft, ancient rituals and certainty.