simonía
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin simonia (compare French simonie), after Simon Magus, who in Acts tries to buy from Peter the power to confer the Holy Spirit, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (Šimʻôn, “Simon”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
simonía f (plural simonías)
- (chiefly historical) simony
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “simonía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014