Definition of Priestcraft. Meaning of Priestcraft. Synonyms of Priestcraft

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Definition of Priestcraft

Priestcraft
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.

Meaning of Priestcraft from wikipedia

- was a poet-saint religious reformer who spoke against formalism and priestcraft, and was active in Rajasthan. "Dadu" means brother, and "Dayal" means...
- Press Natural Religion and the History of Priestcraft 1660-1722 Chapter 5 from, The Pillars of Priestcraft Shaken: The Church of England and its Enemies...
- sceptical attitude of the citation of medicine from the shackles of priestcraft and of caste; secondly, the conception of medicine as an art based on...
- religion. Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason. "As priestcraft was always the enemy of knowledge, because priestcraft supports itself by keeping people in delusion...
- .. fictitious, and chimerical, and as a gross Piece of Forgery and Priestcraft, and thereby to weaken, enervate Jones, Derek (2001-12-01). Censorship:...
- (2007). The Mind of Thomas Jefferson, Chapter:'Jefferson's Religion: Priestcraft, Enlightenment and the Republican Revolution. University of Virginia...
- illogical and dangerous doctrines (accusations typically referred to as "priestcraft"). The worst of the doctrines was original sin. By convincing people...
- labours!" Orwell portrays established religion as "the black raven of priestcraft—promising pie in the sky when you die, and faithfully serving whoever...
- brotherhood of men sank into discredit because of its fatal entanglement with priestcraft and the Papacy on the one hand and with the authority of princes on the...
- killing Gideon, a Nephite elder who argued with him. Alma accuses him of priestcraft and sentences him to death for enforcing his beliefs with violence. When...