simony

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsaɪ.mə.ni/|/ˈsɪ.mə.ni/    美 /ˈsaɪ.mə.ni/|/ˈsɪ.mə.ni/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

simonies plural

词源

From Middle English simonie, symonye, from Old French simonie, from Late Latin simonia, named after Simon Magus (Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (Šimʻôn, “Simon”)), with reference to Acts 8:18–20.
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