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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 priestcraft
 神職者的謀略

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Priest·craft n. Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others.
    It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by violence.   --Macaulay.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 priestcraft
      n 1: a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to
           control secular or political affairs
      2: the skills involved in the work of a priest