D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Simony

/sīm'-ən-ē/ · Sim·o·ny · IPA /ˈsaɪ.mə.ni/
01 n. The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.
  1. 1.
    The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.