The priests went always into the first tabernacle

But into the second went the high priest alone once every Heb. ix. 7. year. on temporal or material interest; the arts practised by selfish and ambitious priests to gain wealth and power, or to impose on the credulity of others. From priestcraft happily set free, Lo! every finish'd son returns to thee. Pope , Dunciad, iv. 499. Specimens of the priestcraft by which the greater part of Christen dom had been fooled. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., vi. priest crafty (prēst kraf"ti), a . [ priestcraft +-y1.] Relating to or characterized by priest- craft. Worcester . [Rare.] priesterył (prēs tėr-i), n. [ priest + -cry.] Priests collectively; the priesthood: in con- tempt. Milton. prieste (prēs'tes), n. [ priest + -e .] 1. A woman who officiates in sacred rites. She, as prieste , knows the rites Wherein the God of earth delights. Swift , Stella's Birthday, 1722. 21. The wife or concubine of a priest. priest-fish (prēst'fish), n. [Tr. F. péche - prétre .] The black rockfish of California, Sebastichthys mystinus or melanops . It is of a slaty-black color, Priest-fish ( Sebastichthys mystinus). paler below, and attains a length of a foot or more. It is the most abundant scorpænoid fish about San Francisco, and is found from Puget Sound to San Diego. priesthood (prest'hud), n . [ preósthād , preóst , priest, + had , condition: see priest and -hood .] 1. The office or character of a priest. Chaplain, away! thy priesthood saves thy life. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., i. 3. 3. 2. The order of men set apart for sacred offices; priests collectively. prighte Prestes crowne that flyeth about in somer, barbedieu. Palsgrave. ( Hall i well ) prievet (prēv), v . An obsolete form of prove . prigl (prig), v .; pret. and pp. prigged , ppr. prig ging. [Origin obscure. Cf. OF. briguer , steal purses on the highway, also solicit, canvas, intrigue, quarrel: see brigue , brigand .] I. trans. 1. To filch or steal. [Slang.] Higgen hath prigg'd the prancers in his days, And sold good penny-worths. Fletcher , Beggar's Bush, v. 2. They can't find the ring! And the Abbot declared that, "when nobody twigg'd it, Some rascal or other had popp'd in and prigg'd it!"