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| | # {{rare}} [[political|Political]] [[rule]] or sweeping [[social]] [[control]] exercised by a class of [[priest]]s; a ruling class of priests.<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989.</ref> | | # {{rare}} [[political|Political]] [[rule]] or sweeping [[social]] [[control]] exercised by a class of [[priest]]s; a ruling class of priests.<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989.</ref> |
| | + | #* '''1863''', "Merle D'Aubigné's History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin," ''The Christian Observer'', p. 298: |
| | + | #*: "They demolished," he says,"by the Word of God, the '''priestdom''' of the Pope and his lofty elevation." |
| | + | #* '''1875''', "Editor's Table," ''Appleton's Journal'', vol. 13, Jan. 16, p. 86: |
| | + | #*: The Spaniards have become callous by the long rule of despotism, and especially of '''priestdom'''. |
| | #* '''1977''', Ian C. Wilson, "Education and Politics: The Education Policy of the German Social Democratic Party, 1906-1922," ''Oxford Review of Education'', vol. 3, no. 1, p. 43: | | #* '''1977''', Ian C. Wilson, "Education and Politics: The Education Policy of the German Social Democratic Party, 1906-1922," ''Oxford Review of Education'', vol. 3, no. 1, p. 43: |
| | #*: The first step must be: "The removal of the important issue of the schools from the dark chambers of the state parliaments, especially from the Prussian bastion of Junkerdom and '''priestdom''', into the bright light and the freer atmosphere of the Reichstag." [translation of ''SPD Protokoll über die Verhandlunge des Parteitags 1906''] | | #*: The first step must be: "The removal of the important issue of the schools from the dark chambers of the state parliaments, especially from the Prussian bastion of Junkerdom and '''priestdom''', into the bright light and the freer atmosphere of the Reichstag." [translation of ''SPD Protokoll über die Verhandlunge des Parteitags 1906''] |
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| | #*: Both Vivekandanda and Gandhi were witness to the hierarchical, rigid and decadent social system, a religiosity dominated by '''priestdom''' causing fragmentation of society into pieces and the subordination of women by men. | | #*: Both Vivekandanda and Gandhi were witness to the hierarchical, rigid and decadent social system, a religiosity dominated by '''priestdom''' causing fragmentation of society into pieces and the subordination of women by men. |
| | # {{rare}} Priests [[collectively]] or priests of a particular religious group or [[affiliation]] collectively. | | # {{rare}} Priests [[collectively]] or priests of a particular religious group or [[affiliation]] collectively. |
| | + | #* '''1886''', Thomas Edwin Brown, ''Studies in Modern Socialism and Labor Problems'', p. 202: |
| | + | #*: The Social Democracy will not recede; it will pursue it course and accomplish its design, even though all '''priestdom''' should rise against it, like a cloud of locusts thick enough to darken the sun. |
| | #* '''1992''', Jeffrey S. Soles, "The Prepalatial Cemeteries at Mochlos and Gournia and the House Tombs of Bronze Age Crete," ''Hesperia Supplements'' (India), vol. 24, p. 253: | | #* '''1992''', Jeffrey S. Soles, "The Prepalatial Cemeteries at Mochlos and Gournia and the House Tombs of Bronze Age Crete," ''Hesperia Supplements'' (India), vol. 24, p. 253: |
| | #*: [A] population unit somewhat larger than a nuclear family used these tombs. If it were twice as large and consisted of ten individuals, it might be identified as an extended family or perhaps a fraternal organization such as a '''priestdom''' or warrior elite. | | #*: [A] population unit somewhat larger than a nuclear family used these tombs. If it were twice as large and consisted of ten individuals, it might be identified as an extended family or perhaps a fraternal organization such as a '''priestdom''' or warrior elite. |
