Priestcraft

Etymology
“priest” + “craft”

Noun

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

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