The buying or selling of ecclesiastical or spiritual benefits; esp. the sale or purchase of preferment or office in the church. Also sometimes more…
| 单词 | θ189307 |
| 释义 | society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [noun] (24) simony?c1225 The buying or selling of ecclesiastical or spiritual benefits; esp. the sale or purchase of preferment or office in the church. Also sometimes more… barratry1427 The purchase or sale of ecclesiastical preferment, or of offices of state. giesetryec1430 The crime of selling some sacred thing; a correlative to simony, n. simonism1844 The practice or advocacy of simony. barratorship1884 = barratry, n. Subcategories:— one characterized by (17) — imaginary fair or market for (1) — money paid in (1) |
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