धर्मनिरपेक्ष या राजनीतिक मामलों को नियंत्रित करने के लिए अपने प्रभाव का उपयोग करने वाले पुजारियों के लिए एक अपमानजनक संदर्भ

priestcraft's Usage Examples:

was the model to which he endeavoured to conform, and he did not attempt to preserve himself from the weakening influences of priestcraft.

In 1796, Alexander Kilham, who refused to abstain from agitation for further reform, and accused his brethren of priestcraft, was expelled from their ranks and the New Connexion was formed with 5000 members (see Methodist New Connexion).

Besides these works he wrote A Letter to Mr Dodwell, arguing that it is conceivable that the soul may be material, and, secondly, that if the soul be immaterial it does not follow, as Clarke had contended, that it is immortal; Vindication of the Divine Attributes (1710); Priestcraft in Perfection (1709), in which he asserts that the clause "the Church.

Third, I consider priestcraft and superstition the greatest obstacle to human improvement and happiness.

Against superstition, fanaticism and priestcraft they protested unceasingly.

The bitterness of his outspoken invective against the clergy, against all priestcraft and priesthood, was a new feature in deistic literature, and injured the author more than it furthered his cause.

One of his great merits is that he was the first to dissociate medicine from priestcraft, and to direct exclusive attention to the natural history of disease.

priestcraft's Meaning':

a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs