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simony

/ˈsɪm.ə.ni/

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noun

C2formalcommonlegal/ˈsɪm.ə.ni/

uncountable

A noun referring to the buying or selling of spiritual or ecclesiastical privileges, offices, or preferments.

  • 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее покупку или продажу духовных или церковных привилегий, должностей или бенефициев.
  1. Traffic in ecclesiastical offices C2 formal

    The buying or selling of spiritual or ecclesiastical privileges, offices, or preferments.

    • The bishop was accused of simony for selling church positions.
    • Simony was considered a serious sin in medieval times.
    • The council condemned the practice of simony within the clergy.

    🇷🇺Торговля церковными должностями