उपशास्त्रीय कार्यालयों या प्राथमिकताओं में यातायात

Noun:

धर्मपद बेचने का अपराध,

simony's Usage Examples:

Alexander now feared that the king might depose him for simony and summon a council, but he won over the bishop of St Malo, who had much influence over the king, with a cardinal's hat, and agreed to send Cesare, as legate, to Naples with the French army, to deliver Jem to Charles and to give him Civitavecchia (January 16, 1495).

The law on the subject of simony was long regarded as unsatisfactory by the authorities of the church.

In 1102 a national synod at Westminster under Anselm adopted canons against simony, clerical marriages and slavery.

Damiani was a determined foe of simony, but his fiercest wrath was directed against the married clergy.

There is no evidence of simony in the conclave, and Leo's election was hailed with delight by the Romans on account of his reputation for liberality, kindliness and love of peace.

SIMONY, an offence, defined below, against the law of the church.

The first really notable council at St Paul's was that of 1075 under the presidency of Lanfranc; it renewed ancient regulations, forbade simony and permitted three bishops to remove from country places to Salisbury, Chichester and Chester respectively.

Cases of simony have come before the courts in which clergy of the highest rank have been implicated.

In spite of all the provisions of the canon law it is well established that simony was deeply rooted in the medieval church.

Simony may be committed in three ways - in promotion to orders, in presentation to a benefice, and in resignation of a benefice.

simony's Meaning':

traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments