simony
noun
si·mo·ny ˈsī-mə-nē 
ˈsi-
ˈsi- : the buying or selling of a church office or ecclesiastical preferment
Word History
Etymology
Middle English symonie, from Anglo-French simonie, from Late Latin simonia, from Simon Magus, Samaritan sorcerer in Acts 8: 9–24
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined above
- thermoscopically
- thermosenescence
- thermosensitive
- thermoses
- thermoset
- thermosets
- thermosetting
- thermosiphon
- thermosiphons
- thermosphere
- thermospheres
- thermospheric
- thermostabilities
- thermostability
- thermostable
- thermostat
- thermostated
- thermostatic
- thermostatically
- thermostatics
- thermostating
- thermostats
- thermostatted
- thermostatting
- thermostimulation