Main Entry: si·mo·ny

Pronunciation: \ˈsī-mə-nē, ˈsi-\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English symonie, from Anglo-French simonie, from Late Latin simonia, from Simon Magus, Samaritan sorcerer in Acts 8: 9–24

Date: 13th century

: the buying or selling of a church office or ecclesiastical preferment