Priestcraftとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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priestcraft (usually uncountable, plural priestcrafts)

1. The craft of performing the duties of a priest.

   Holonyms: priesthood, priestship

   • 1863, Augustus De Morgan, A Budget of Paradoxes:

     There is philosophercraft as well as priestcraft, both from one source, both of one spirit. In English cities and towns, the minister of religion has been tamed: so many weapons are bared against him when he obtrudes his office in a dictatory manner, that, as a rule, there is no more quiet and modest member of society than the urban clergyman.

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 172:

     One of the most complex of all the poems in the mythological cycle is "Inanna's Descent into the Nether World." This work does not have the air of a dairymaid's song but rather seems to be an expression of priestcraft, astrology, and an investigation into the nature of time.

   • 2016 May 2, Kelvin Holdsworth, “The Seven Actual Marks of Mission”, in Thurible.net‎, archived from the original on 30 April 2025:

     Whilst caring for a congregation is fundamental, it is a long way from being the only tool in the priestcraft toolbox.

2. (derogatory) Priestly policy directed towards worldly ends.
   • 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel:

     In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, before polygamy was made a sin

   • 1831, The Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 26:29

     He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion.

   • 1891, Horace (Horatio) Smith, Address to a Mummy:

     Perhaps thou wert a priest,--if so, my struggles / Are vain, for priestcraft never owns its juggles.

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