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simony
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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simony XIII. — (O)F.
simonie — late L.
simōnia, f. name of
Simon Magus in allusion to his offer of money to the Apostles Peter and John for the gift of conferring the Holy Ghost (Acts 8: 18, 19); see
-Y2.
So
simoniac XIV (sb.; adj. XVII). — (O)F.
simoniaque or medL.
simoniacus.
simoniacal (
-AL1) XVI.
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Peele's attack on simony in The Old Wives Tale.(Notes)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...in the Protestant context of attacking simony. In the play, Eumenides has come from...anticlerical satire and the Reformation attack on simony. Significantly, Peele changes the traditional...funeral dues instead (Hook 3: 325). Simony, the buying and selling of ecclesiastical...
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John Wyclif: On Simony.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/1993; ; 583 words
; John Wyclif: On Simony, trans. by Terrence A. McVeigh. (New York: Fordham University Press, 1992). xii + 179 pp. ISBN 0-8232-1344-8...
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La Iglesia mexicana y la simonía.(TT: The Mexican church and the simony.)
Magazine article from: Proceso; 1/24/1999; ; 700+ words
; Juan Pablo II lleg a Mxico y lanz su mensaje, sustentado en las conclusiones del Snodo de las Amricas. Mensaje dirigido contra la brutalizacin de las economas de mercado y en favor de la imagen de Dios en el hombre. Los discursos de Juan Pablo II tendrn, para desgracia de millones de mexicanos, que
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 "Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado)")
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Longtime lab leader to retire Tuesday.
Newspaper article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado); 2/26/2006; 700+ words
; Byline: Margie Wood Feb. 26--Jim Simony started working in the lab at the City...21st century dangers. Tuesday will be Simony's last day on the job he started three...E. coli in our food or water," said Simony, who is in his late 50s. The lab's...
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-LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES: Techno Imagica Corporation chooses Veridicom sensor chips
M2 Presswire; 7/9/1998; 700+ words
; ...Imagica's compact, reasonably priced Simony series product features complete algorithms...Veridicom's sensor chips will give our Simony series a solid lead over the products...Rowley, president of Veridicom. "The Simony series is a unique product line that delivers...
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 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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Strange case of photos that made a return trip.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa); 1/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...Branscombe, England - After Marilyne Simony's boyfriend had to return to South Africa...South Africa. Then, six weeks after Simony had paid PS140 (about R2 000) to have...Beach. Her manager saw a photograph of Simony and her boyfriend, Kobus Pretorius...
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Techno Imagica Corporation Chooses Veridicom, Inc., Sensor Chips for Low Cost Fingerprint Identification Devices.
Business Wire; 7/8/1998; 700+ words
; ...Imagica's compact, reasonably priced Simony series product features complete algorithms...Veridicom's sensor chips will give our Simony series a solid lead over the products...Rowley, president of Veridicom. "The Simony series is a unique product line that delivers...
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Joyce's marriage cycle.(Special "Dubliners" Number)
Magazine article from: Studies in Short Fiction; 6/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...aspect" of marriage, which he calls "simony": marriage is merely a bargaining for...Holy Ghost" -- the body (202). "Simony," he contends, "is monstrous, because...humanly possible" (203). The word "simony" links Stephen Hero to Joyce's book...
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 "Sunday Tribune (South Africa)")
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SA-bound luggage looted after 6-week detour.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Tribune (South Africa); 1/28/2007; 644 words
; ...Branscombe (England): After Marilyne Simony's boyfriend had to return to South Africa...Beach. Her manager saw a photograph of Simony and her boyfriend, Kobus Pretorius...was no sign of the suitcase itself and Simony appealed to scavengers on Friday to return...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Long-distance suitcase turns up on beach
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 1/27/2007; 450 words
; ...her home. Sidmouth waitress Marilyne Simony had packed the case and sent it off to...boss who spotted a photograph of Miss Simony and her boyfriend Kobus Pretoriu scattered...fateful journey a month earlier when Miss Simony paid pounds140. Containing a selection...
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simony
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
simony , in canon law , buying or selling of any...Holy Spirit from St. Peter (Acts 8). Simony is a very grave sin, and ecclesiastics...any other spiritual service; it is also simony to sell a benefice or endowment or other...
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Simony
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Simony. From the action of Simon Magus in Acts 8. 18–24, the purchase or sale of spiritual things, and specifically of an ecclesiastical benefice or preferment.
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Bribery
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
...a subspecies of bribery, the sin of simony, or sale of spiritual offices or goods. Denounced as a heresy, simony was the periodic object of reformers...Divine Comedy , in which bribery and simony constituted sins of fraud, more reprehensible...
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St. Leo IX
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...pope from 1049 to 1054. He was a man of action who opposed simony, enforced clerical celibacy, negotiated with emperors, and...enacting strict regulations against priests' marrying and against simony (using religious activities to make money). He also reacted...
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Philip I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...efforts, royal power remained weak. Philip's practice of simony and his consequent opposition to the reforms of Pope Gregory...him into conflict with the Holy See. Among the issues were simony and control of marriage policy, an issue fueled by Philip...
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