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monkcraft

monkcraft noun: the political machinations of monks.

Noun

monkcraft (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) The political machinations of monks.
    • "I shall need no mediator between nature and monkcraft: — then, O Edith, the life thou hast saved will indeed be thine!"1848, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings, volume 1, page 263
    • In Sardinia, the liberal Constitution gained in 1848 still stands, despite the reäctionary efforts of monkcraft and priestcraft.1855, The Christian World, page 417

Questions about monkcraft

What does monkcraft mean?
Monkcraft means the political machinations of monks.
What part of speech is monkcraft?
Monkcraft is a noun.

Words near monkcraft in the dictionary

  1. monk's rhubarb
  2. monk's seam
  3. Monk's Tale stanza
  4. monkaS
  5. Monkayo
  6. monkcraft
  7. monkdom
  8. monke
  9. monked
  10. Monkee
  11. Monkees

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