in piety
(heraldry, of a pelican) Vulning.
If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny. Mary Douglas
You might think that religion was the one area in which professional jealousy would take a back seat. But no: ecclesiastical memoirs are as viperish as any, though their envy tends to cloak itself in piety. Craig Brown