The art of awing the laity, managing their consciences, and diving into their pockets.
·noun Strength; might; secret power. II. Craft ·vt To play tricks; to practice artifice. III. Craf...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
[from the Anglo-Saxon word cræft, a trading vessel]. It is now a general name for lighters, hoys, ba...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vt To ordain as priest. II. Priest ·noun A presbyter elder; a minister. III. Priest ·noun One who...
The Heb. kohen, Gr. hierus, Lat. sacerdos, always denote one who offers sacrifices. At first every ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The English word is derived from the Greek presbyter, signifying an "elder" (Heb. cohen). Origin.-Th...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts. ...
·- Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively. ...
The art of shoeniaking. One of the gentle craft: a shoemaker: so called because once practised by St...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Lighters, lumps, or punts, not having sails. Also, a name for the screws used for lifting a ship on ...
Nearly the same as the Anglo-Saxon scyp-cræft, an early word for navigation. ...
·- A chief priest; ·esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood. ...
·adj Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people. ...
See Priest. ...
Aaron was the first who was solemnly set apart to this office (Ex. 29:7; 30:23; Lev. 8:12). He wore ...
East out of Foster Lane at No.5 (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward. First mention: O. and M. 1677...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
An illiterate unbeneficed curate, a patrico. ...
Port wine. ...
Married. ...
Governed by a priest, or priests. ...
The first distinct separation of Aaron to the office of the priesthood, which previously belonged to...
South out of Great Tower Street, opposite All Hallows Churchyard, and west of the Inland Revenue Off...