ˈprince-craft rare.
[f. prince n. + craft, after priestcraft.]
The skill or art of a prince or ruler. Chiefly dyslogistic.
| 1741 Warburton Div. Legat. II. 3 Princecraft or Priest⁓craft. 1862 M{supc}Duff Sunsets Heb. Mount. 105 By consummate art, or rather by unprincipled princecraft, he had undermined his father's throne. |