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Definition: Priestcraft |
PriestcraftNoun1. A derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs. 2. The skills involved in the work of a priest. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "priestcraft" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Churchdom | Ultramontanism; theocracy; ecclesiology, ecclesiologist; priestcraft, odium theologicum. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He denounced priestcraft, the philosopher of Middlesex. |
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| Language | Translations for "priestcraft"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 祭司權" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | knìžské intriky. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιερατική πανουργία, παπαδοκρατία (clericalism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iestcraftpray интрига духовенства. (various references) clericalismo (clericalism). (various references) papazlık işi. (various references) thủ đoạn tiến thân của thầy tu, nghề l m thầy tu thuật kiếm chác của thầy tu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-p-r-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: craftiest, firetraps, trifectas. | |
-3 letters: citrates, craftier, crispate, cristate, critters, erratics, firetrap, fritters, paretics, partiers, perisarc, picrates, practise, refracts, rescript, restrict, retracts, scattier, scripter, straiter, stricter, tarriest, tipcarts, trifecta. | |
-4 letters: artiest, artiste, artsier, aseptic, aspirer, astrict, attires, carpers, carpets, carries, carters, cattier, catties, cirrate, citrate, craters, crisper, cristae, critter, erratic, fairest, farcers, farcies, fattier. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 69 65 73 74 63 72 61 66 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. .. . ... - -.-. .-. .- ..-. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01101001 01100101 01110011 01110100 01100011 01110010 01100001 01100110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r i e s t c r a f t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0069 0065 0073 0074 0063 0072 0061 0066 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5084757185866984677286 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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