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Simony
Webster's Dictionary
(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.