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simony |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Simony \Sim"o*ny\, n. [F. simonie, LL simonia, fr Simon Magus, who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy Spirit. Acts viii.] The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. --Piers Plowman. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: simony n : traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
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