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Definition of Simony
The selling of such things as are spiritual, by giving something of a temporal nature for the purchase thereof (Stephen). e.g., the purchase of a next presentation to a living, as distinguished from the whole advowson. Simoniacal contracts are void and subject to penalties. See Fox v. Bishop of Chester
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