'Simony' definitions:
Definition of 'simony'
(from WordNet)
noun
Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments [syn: simony, barratry]
Definition of 'Simony'
From: GCIDE
- 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] Simoom