The clergy's colossal efforts to educate the peasants resulted in the relative loss of priestly power.

My first reflection is, That superstition is favourable to priestly power, and enthusiasm not less or rather more contrary to it, than sound reason and philosophy.

This appears to be the origin of monarchical and priestly power, and the dawn of civilization.

For that matter, there was even some evidence that Karse had been using magic, under the guise of "priestly powers."

Boswell adds a tantalising footnote: 'This is a species of priestly power, and sometimes may be abused.

Declines to set up any pretensions to priestly authority and priestly power.

Those who have received the dispensation are allowed to marry and otherwise live as laymen, but still retain priestly powers.

The two clearest examples of traditional power are the cases of kingly power and priestly power.

To elevate priestly power to lead or direct the life of men in the world was only one side of the clerical ambition.

Augustus was personally vested with an extraordinary breadth of political, military and priestly powers; at first temporarily, then for his lifetime.