simonist


si·mo·ny

S0416700 (sī′mə-nē, sĭm′ə-)n. The buying or selling of ecclesiastical offices or of indulgences or other spiritual things.
[Middle English simonie, from Old French, from Late Latin simōnia, after Simon Magus, a sorcerer who tried to buy spiritual powers from the Apostle Peter (Acts 8:9-24).]
si′mo·nist n.