priestcraft

English - Turkish

Definition of priestcraft in English Turkish dictionary: {i} papazlık işi (kötü); (isim) papazlık işi (kötü); aşağ; papazlık sanat

English - English

Definition of priestcraft in English English dictionary: priestly policy directed towards worldly ends
Perhaps thou wert a priest,--if so, my struggles / Are vain, for priestcraft never owns its juggles.; the craft of performing the duties of a priest; {n} a priestly act or trick, pious fraud; a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs; the skills involved in the work of a priest a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs; Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp; the skills involved in the work of a priest; priestly policy directed towards worldy ends; 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