Definitions for "Simony"
The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.
The buying or selling of spiritual things, particularly church offices and benefice. (MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms) The buying or selling of sacred things, such as sacraments and ecclesiastical positions; owrd derived from Simon the Magician (Acts 8:18-24), who tried to buy spiritual power from St Peter. (Lynch, Joseph H. The Medieval Church: A Brief History, 365)
The sin of attempting to purchase spiritual gifts, named after Simon the magician in the NT story in Acts 8.