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priestcrafts

priestcrafts is the plural of priestcraft.

Meaning of priestcraft

Noun

priestcraft (usually uncountable, plural priestcrafts)

  1. (usually) The craft of performing the duties of a priest.
    • Holonyms: priesthood, priestship
  2. (derogatory, usually) Priestly policy directed towards worldly ends.
    • In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, before polygamy was made a sin1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel

Questions about priestcrafts

What is priestcrafts the plural of?
Priestcrafts is the plural of priestcraft.

Words near priestcrafts in the dictionary

  1. priest-ridden
  2. priestal
  3. priestcap
  4. priestcaps
  5. priestcraft
  6. priestcrafts
  7. priestdom
  8. priestdoms
  9. priested
  10. priesteen
  11. priesteens

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