- 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