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Etymology
From Old French simonie, from late Latin simonia, named from w:Simon Magus|Simon Magus, with reference to Acts VIII:18-20 (�And when Simon saw that through laying on of hands, the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, saying 'Give me also this power that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost�. But Peter said unto him �Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.� KJV).
Pronunciation
IPA|/'s�ɪm�ni/
Noun
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- The act of buying and selling ecclesiastical offices and pardons.
#:*1989: �There are those two,� he then said, �who were recently arraigned on a charge of high simony. Fancying a monstrance and stealing it and proposing to sell it. They pleaded the usual pagan ignorance.� � Anthony Burgess, �Hun�, The Devil�s Mode
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