Definitions for: Simony

[n] traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments

Webster (1913) Definition: Sim"o*ny, n. [F. simonie, LL. simonia, fr. Simon Magus,
who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy
Spirit. Acts viii.]
The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the
corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice
for money or reward. --Piers Plowman.

See Also: traffic