monkcraft

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noun

The political machinations of monks.

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Meanings

nounmonkcraft (uncountable)
  1. derogatoryuncountableThe political machinations of monks.

    "I shall need no mediator between nature and monkcraft: — then, O Edith, the life thou hast saved will indeed be thine!"

    1848, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings, volume 1, page 263
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    In Sardinia, the liberal Constitution gained in 1848 still stands, despite the reäctionary efforts of monkcraft and priestcraft.

    1855, The Christian World, page 417
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