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simony

noun
/ˈsaɪ.mə.ni/UK

Etymology

From Middle English simonie, symonye, from Old French simonie, from Late Latin simonia, named after Simon Magus (Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (Šimʻôn, “Simon”)), with reference to Acts 8:18–20.

  1. derived from שִׁמְעוֹן
  2. derived from simonia
  3. derived from simonie
  4. inherited from simonie

Definitions

  1. The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices,…

    The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.

    • To his eyes it had no attraction; it savoured of simony, and was likely to bring down upon him harder and more deserved strictures than any he had yet received: he positively declined to become vicar of Puddingdale under any circumstances.
    • ‘There are those two,’ he then said, ‘who were recently arraigned on a charge of high simony. Fancying a monstrance and stealing it and proposing to sell it. They pleaded the usual pagan ignorance.’
    • He openly practiced simony; in other words, he sold benefices.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA