Examples of 'simony' in a sentence

Meaning of "simony"

Simony is the buying or selling of sacred privileges, such as pardons or benefices
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  • The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.

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It also condemned simony and priestly concubinage.
This could be a reference to the simony scandal.
Sexy simony diamond and lucy belle.
On this embassy he committed new acts of simony.
In conventional simony an expressed or tacit agreement is entered upon.
The descent inside hell of simony diamond.
Simony was the selling of church offices.
Two prevailing sins were immorality and simony.
Therefore it would seem that simony is defined insufficiently.
There is a word in our language called simony.
In his writings he attacked simony and lay investiture.
We have renounced all forms of simony.
Mainly they condemn simony and promote clerical celibacy.
The code also banned simony.
Simony is the act of selling church offices and roles.

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Three canons of this council were legislated about simony.
Ecclesiastical appointments stained by simony were decreed to be invalid and powerless.
The fee was later abandoned amid charges of simony.
He issues decrees to restrain simony and incontinence of the clergy.
In my opinion it has been since the beginning with simony.
Therefore simony is not the will to sell a spiritual thing.
There was a battle against simony.
Simony is a grievous sin.
Commit simony can.
Simony and extortion.
The tenth canon forbids simony and buying the episcopate by money.
Simony was curtailed.
Definition of simony.
Simony was forbidden.
Denunciation of simony.
He battled against simony and pushed for the idea of clerical celibacy.
Guilty of simony.
Simony is to blame.
He wrote a book there on the church and a book that criticized simony.
Simony is slitting.
This last provision probably signifies that simony was becoming less common already.
Simony is the act of selling of Church positions.
Both the campaign against priestly marriage and that against simony provoked widespread resistance.
The twofold scandal of simony and incontinence was still frequent among the clergy.
And has been bought by a Spaniard up to his elbows in simony.
Then Leo IX took up cases of simony and other ecclesiastical crimes which were reported.
From his name is derived the word Simony.
Burchard cleared Alexander II of charges of simony and recognized him as the new pontiff.
He presided a synod in Autun that issued measures against nicolaism and simony.
Simony reigned everywhere in Italy.
He also deposed the bishops of Termoli and Trivento who were accused of simony.
Simony is NOT to be tolerated.
The two prevailing Sins of the Clergy were immorality and simony.
Simony Diamond with glasses.
Pope Innocent XII declares against nepotism and simony.

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