† priestianityn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: priest n., Christianity n.

Etymology: Humorously < priest n. + -ianity (in Christianity n.).

derogatory. Obsolete.

A religious system or doctrine dominated by or serving the interests of priests.

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1720 T. Gordon (title) Priestianity, or a View of the Disparity between the Apostles and the Modern Inferior Clergy.

1799 H. Cumings Sermon 13 He..degrades his office, and gives occasion to the enemies of our holy religion, in their sneering way, to call it priestianity.

1823 S. Parr Let. to R. Odell in Wks. (1828) VIII. 224 He has a larger share of priestianity than of christianity.

1834 in Notes & Queries (1865) 3rd Ser. 8 305 The reign of George the First was much embittered by the audacious pretensions of priestianity.

a1882 J. Thomson Biogr. & Crit. Stud. (1896) 276 He [sc. Shelley] attacked not so much Christianity as Priestianity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	priestianity
释义	† priestianityn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: priest n., Christianity n. Etymology: Humorously < priest n. + -ianity (in Christianity n.). derogatory. Obsolete. A religious system or doctrine dominated by or serving the interests of priests. ΚΠ 1720 T. Gordon (title) Priestianity, or a View of the Disparity between the Apostles and the Modern Inferior Clergy. 1799 H. Cumings Sermon 13 He..degrades his office, and gives occasion to the enemies of our holy religion, in their sneering way, to call it priestianity. 1823 S. Parr Let. to R. Odell in Wks. (1828) VIII. 224 He has a larger share of priestianity than of christianity. 1834 in Notes & Queries (1865) 3rd Ser. 8 305 The reign of George the First was much embittered by the audacious pretensions of priestianity. a1882 J. Thomson Biogr. & Crit. Stud. (1896) 276 He [sc. Shelley] attacked not so much Christianity as Priestianity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1720
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