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n. - The skills involved in the work of a man of the cloth; A derogatory reference to men of the cloth who use their influence to control secular or political affairs.

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  • Here, if any where, the cloven foot shows itself and teaches us that the only solid stratum underlying priestcraft is one composed of £ s.
  • If they had, I should have suspected "priestcraft" and forgeries and third-century
  • However, it isn't the "priestcraft" of any earthly priests but the doing of our own
  • He denounced priestcraft, the philosopher of Middlesex.
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