Simonists
noun
1.
the making of profit out of sacred things.
2.
the sin of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferments, benefices, etc.
noun
1.
(Christianity) the practice, now usually regarded as a sin, of buying or selling spiritual or Church benefits such as pardons, relics, etc, or preferments
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