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NOUN: The buying or selling of ecclesiastical pardons, offices, or emoluments.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English simonie, from Old French, from Late Latin simnia, after Simon Magus, a sorcerer who tried to buy spiritual powers from the Apostle Peter (Acts 8:9–24).
OTHER FORMS: simo·nist —NOUN