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(n.) The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Simony'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/simony.html. 1828.
 
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