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simony
noun[ U ]
religion specializeduk /ˈsaɪ.mə.ni/ us /ˈsaɪ.mə.ni/
in the Christian church in the past, the buying or selling of advantages such as paid positions in the Church or pardons(= official forgiveness), which was considered to be a sin(= an act of breaking a religious law):
The Pope worked hard to wipe out simony.
At that time, simony was widespread and priesthood could be bought.
Simony is the ecclesiastical crime of paying for holy offices.
He visited the city in 401 and deposed six bishops convicted of simony.
Indulgences began to be sold, and this led to protests that such sales were sins of simony.
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