priestcraft

What does priestcraft mean?

priestcraft means "a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in priestcraft?

priestcraft has 2 syllables and divides as priest-craft under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is priestcraft a common word?

priestcraft is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for priestcraft come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.