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SIMONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does simony mean?
• SIMONY (noun)
The noun SIMONY has 1 sense:
1. traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
Familiarity information: SIMONY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
barratry; simony
Hypernyms ("simony" is a kind of...):
traffic (buying and selling; especially illicit trade)
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