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simonies

simonies is the plural of simony.

Meaning of simony

Noun

simony (countable and uncountable, plural simonies)

  1. 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.1855, Anthony Trollope, chapter 20, in The Warden
    Synonyms:
    Simonism

Questions about simonies

What is simonies the plural of?
Simonies is the plural of simony.

Words near simonies in the dictionary

  1. Simonian
  2. Simonianism
  3. Simonians
  4. Simonidean
  5. Simonides
  6. simonies
  7. simonious
  8. simonise
  9. simonised
  10. simonises
  11. simonising

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