simony

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.

   “To his eyes it had no attraction; it savoured of simony, and was likely to bring down upon him harder and more deserved strictures than any he had yet received: he positively declined to become vicar of Puddingdale under any circumstances.”