Simony

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The buying or selling of ecclesiastical pardons, offices, or emoluments.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of buying and selling ecclesiastical offices and pardons.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or practice of trafficking in sacred things; particularly, the buying or selling of ecclesiastical preferment, or the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    traffic   
    Cross Reference
    benefice   
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    simonist   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    traffic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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