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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: simony (0.00867 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to simony.
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]
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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