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si⋅mo⋅ny

  [sahy-muh-nee, sim-uh-]
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–noun
1. the making of profit out of sacred things.
2. the sin of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferments, benefices, etc.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME simonie < LL simōnia; so called from Simon Magus, who tried to purchase apostolic powers; see Simon (def. 5), -y 3

Related forms:
si⋅mon⋅ist, noun
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si·mo·ny   (sī'mə-nē, sĭm'ə-)   
n.  The buying or selling of ecclesiastical pardons, offices, or emoluments.

[Middle English simonie, from Old French, from Late Latin simōnia, after Simon Magus, a sorcerer who tried to buy spiritual powers from the Apostle Peter (Acts 8:9-24).]
si'mo·nist n.
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