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Sacerdotalism

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The spirit of the priesthood; devotion to priestly interests; priestcraft. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God wordnet
  3. 3
    The belief that priests can act as mediators between God and humankind. countable, uncountable

    "[T]hey tell fortunes, which practice, confined to a certain caste but forbidden to others, seems to be a kind of sacerdotalism."

Etymology

From sacerdotal + -ism.

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