Priest-craft
1priest|craft — «PREEST KRAFT, KRAHFT», noun. the skills and knowledge of priests, especially when applied to worldly ends: »It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by brute violence (Macaulay) …
2George Armstrong (priest) — George Armstrong is an Anglican priest from New Zealand. Both practising and preaching liberation theology throughout his life work, he essentially spearheaded the national popular movement to blockade nuclear powered (and potentially nuclear… …
3Swami Dayananda Saraswati — Note:This page is about the founder of the Arya Samaj. For others known by the same name, please see Swami Dayananda (disambiguation) Maharishi Dayananda Saraswati Born 12 February 1824(1824 02 12) Tankara …
4priestcraft — /preest kraft , krahft /, n. the training, knowledge, and abilities necessary to a priest. [1475 85; PRIEST + CRAFT] * * * …
5Priestcraft — Priest craft , 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. [1913… …
6Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism — (CR) is a polytheistic, animistic, religious and cultural movement. It is an effort to reconstruct and revive, in a modern Celtic cultural context, pre Christian Celtic religions. Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism originated in discussions among… …
7Howitt — (spr. hau ĭt), William, engl. Schriftsteller, geb. 18. Dez. 1792 zu Heanor in Derbyshire aus einer Quäkerfamilie, gest. 3. März 1879 in Rom, verheiratete sich nach unvollendeten Studien 1823 mit M. Botham, die unter dem Namen Mary H. schrieb (s.… …
8sacerdotalism — n. Priest craft …
9Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
