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priestdom|ˈpriːstdəm|
[f. priest n. + -dom.]
†a. The office of priest, priesthood. Obs.
†b. With possessive, as a mock title (cf. priestship). Obs.
c. The rule or dominion of priests. rare.
1528Tindale Obed. Chr. Man 135 b, He was cursed and loost the kyngdome and also the prestdome. 1588Marprel. Epist. (Arb.) 26, I woulde praye your priestdomes to tell me which is the better scholler. 1615E. Hoby Curry-combe iii. 130 Your answer puts the nose of your Priestdome clean out of ioynt. 1871H. B. Forman Living Poets 372 The people crucified by king-craft and priest-dom. 1895Crockett Bog Myrtle i. i. 20 It is a mistaken belief that priestdom died when they spelled it Presbytery. |