simonismn.
/ˈsɪmənɪz(ə)m/, /ˈsʌɪmənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈsɪməˌnɪz(ə)m/, /ˈsaɪməˌnɪz(ə)m/ Christian Church. Now historical and rare.
The practice or advocacy of simony.
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society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [noun]
simony?c1225
barratry1427
giesetryec1430
simonism1844
barratorship1884
1844 J. D. Haas tr. F. Kohlrausch Hist. Germany vii. 190 His zeal for the purification of the church urged him forthwith to operate against the prevailing system of Simonism [Ger. Simonie], or the purchasing of spiritual offices with money.
1895 Sat. Rev. 23 Mar. 370 For simonism and lack of manly straightforwardness, this letter has not often been paralleled.
1963 L. Edwards tr. J. Pirenne Tides of Hist. II. ix. 151 The Albigensian heresy admitted the dualism of good and evil and, reacting against the depravity and simonism of the southern clergy, had returned to the pristine purity of the Gospels.
2002 D. Preest tr. William of Malmesbury Deeds Bishops of Eng. i. 77 The crime of the heresy of simonism [L. simoniacae heresis surreptio] was condemned by the council.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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