Simony refers to the act of profiting from holy things, especially the buying and selling of religious positions and pardons.
Simonia se refiere al acto de lucrar con cosas sagradas, especialmente la compraventa de cargos y perdones religiosos.
| Front | simony \SY-muh-nee, SIM-\ |
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| Back | noun Profiting from holy things, especially buying and selling of holy positions and pardons. [After Simon Magus, Samaritan sorcerer in the Bible, who wanted to buy spiritual powers -- the ability to transfer the "Holy Spirit" by putting hands on someone -- from Peter.] "A related theme -- the preacher or moraliser unmasked -- has been richly illustrated in recent years by examples from real life: a string of corrupt American televangelists, self-appointed 'men of God', who revelled in greed, lust, and simony, the very things they were thought to be railing against." |
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