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Priestcraft :: Priestcraft (n.) Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others..

High-priestship :: High-priestship (n.) High-priesthood.

Priesthood :: Priesthood (n.) Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests..

Priesthood :: Priesthood (n.) The office or character of a priest; the priestly function.

High-priesthood :: High-priesthood (n.) The office, dignity, or position of a high priest..

Priestery :: Priestery (n.) Priests, collectively; the priesthood; -- so called in contempt..

Priestly :: Priestly (a.) Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell..

Unpriest :: Unpriest (v. t.) To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock.

High Priest :: High priest () A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood..

Holy :: Holy (superl.) Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood.

Seminarist :: Seminarist (n.) A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary..

Bishop :: Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see..

Antisacerdotal :: Antisacerdotal (a.) Hostile to priests or the priesthood.

Priestism :: Priestism (n.) The influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or the priesthood..

Sacerdotalism :: Sacerdotalism (m.) The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order..

Hagiocracy :: Hagiocracy (n.) Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.

Sacerdotal :: Sacerdotal (a.) Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions..

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