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Definition of: simony
(sī′mə·nē, sim′ə-) noun
Traffic in sacred things; the purchase or sale of ecclesiastical preferment. [<Med. L simonia <Simon (Magus), who offered Peter money for the gift of the Holy Spirit]
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