Definitionn. traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
Last update: August 15, 2015
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In spite of all the provisions of the canon law it is well established that simony was deeply rooted in the medieval church. [Please select]
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In an old poem called the return to Parnassus; or a scourge for Simony, Nash's character is summed up in four lines, which Mrs. [Please select]
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But simony, or the sale of ecclesiastical benefices, was a still more alarming evil to the mind of Gregory. [Please select]
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He deposed others for simony, and they became still more hostile. [Please select]
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Gradually the bishops acquired the right to try all cases relating to marriage, trusts, perjury, simony, or concerning widows, orphans, or crusaders, on the ground that such cases had to do with religion. [Please select]
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It was not merely simony; it was as to who should be the supreme master of Germany and Italy, the emperor or the pope. [Please select]
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