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Definition: Simony |
SimonyNoun1. Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "simony" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Simony \Sim"o*ny\, noun. [French expression simonie, Late Latin expression simonia, from Simon Magus, who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy Spirit. Acts viii.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Simony Buying and selling church livings; any unlawful traffic in holy things. So called from Simon Magus, who wanted to purchase the "gift of the Holy Ghost," that he might have the power of working miracles. (Acts viii. 9-23.) Simony. The friar in the tale of Reynard the Fox; so called from Simon Magus. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The intertwining of temporal with spiritual authority in the Middle Ages caused endless problems with simony and accusations of simony. Secular rulers wanted to employ the educated and centrally organized clergy in their administrations, and often treated their spiritual positions as adjuncts to the secular administrative roles.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Simony."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Illegality | Trover and conversion; smuggling, poaching; simony. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Simony |
| English words defined with "simony": Simoniac, Simoniacal, Simonist. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "simony": Simoniac. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Wizje Simony Machard [by] Brecht / Tomaszewski. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Simony" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Simony" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
simony | 23 |
nua simony | 3 |
gasthof simony | 2 |
jairzinho simony | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "simony"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | simoni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | السيمونية شراء المنصب الكهنوتي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | simonie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Simonie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σιμωνία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מעיל" בקו"ש. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szentségárulás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | simonia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | noo-chionnaghey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imonysay simonia. (various references) симония. (various references) simonija. (various references) simonía. (various references) บาปจากการทำประโยชน์กับศาสนา. (various references) kutsal eşyaları satma, dinsel görevleri satma, dinsel görevleri satın alma. (various references) симонія. (various references) sự buôn thần bán thánh, sự buôn bán các chức vụ nh thờ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "simony": parsimony. (additional references) | |
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"Simony" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: samon, Sarony, Scimone, seimon, Semenyuk, Semonin, semont, Semyon, siloxy, simoni, simonm, simons, simoy, Simun, sinun, Sironi, spimoni, synon, Timmony, Timoney, Wimon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "simony" (pronounced sī"munē) |
| 4 | -m u n ē | disharmony, harmony, hegemony, hominy. |
| 3 | -u n ē | aborigine, accompany, agony, balcony, botany, cacophony, colony, company, destiny, ebony, Epiphany, felony, gluttony, homogeny, intercompany, intracompany, irony, larceny, litany, mahogany, misogyny, monotony, mutiny, neoteny, ontogeny, paleobotany, Peony, phylogeny, polygyny, polyphony, progeny, Saxony, scrutiny, Symphony, Tiffany, tyranny. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: myosin. | |
| Words within the letters "i-m-n-o-s-y" | |
-1 letter: noisy, yonis. | |
-2 letters: ions, miso, mons, mony, nims, noms, nosy, yins, yoni. | |
-3 letters: ins, ion, ism, mis, mon, mos, nim, nom, nos, oms, ons, sim, sin, som, son, soy, syn, yin, yom, yon. | |
-4 letters: in, is, mi, mo, my, no, om, on, os, oy, si, so, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-m-n-o-s-y" | |
+1 letter: isonomy, myosins, symbion. | |
+2 letters: chymosin, cronyism, misogyny, moseying, syconium, symbions, symbiont, thymosin. | |
+3 letters: amylopsin, animosity, anisogamy, chymosins, cronyisms, eponymies, hemolysin, hymnodies, hypnotism, isoenzyme, misogynic, misyoking, moonishly, mylonites, myotonias, myrmidons, neomycins, noisomely, ominously, parsimony, shamoying, solemnify, solemnity, symbionts, symboling, symphonic, synonymic, testimony, thymosins, viomycins, winsomely. | |
+4 letters: actomyosin, amylopsins, amyotonias, antonymies, cockneyism, diseconomy, disharmony, doomsaying, hemolysins, homonymies, hydroniums, hypnotisms, hypomanias, imposingly, infamously, isoenzymes, isoenzymic, luminosity, luminously, mayonnaise, meromyosin, metonymies, miscopying, misogynies, misogynist, missionary, mitomycins, monogynies, mutinously, mycotoxins, myoglobins, neodymiums, polyamines, polymyxins, puromycins, pyromanias, sanctimony, semicolony, symbolling, symphonies, symphonist, synonymies, synonymist, synonymity, synonymize, toponymies, toponymist, womanishly, yeomanries, yohimbines. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 6D 6F 6E 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .. -- --- -. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01101101 01101111 01101110 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i m o n y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 006D 006F 006E 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537579818091 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, Arabish, арабский, arapski, árabe, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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