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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Simony (0.00896 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: simony
simony
n : traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Simony
Simony
\Sim"o*ny\, n. [F. simonie, LL. simonia, fr. Simon Magus,
who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy
Spirit. Acts viii.]
The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the
corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice
for money or reward. --Piers Plowman.
[1913 Webster]
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