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Gnomon vs Simony - What's the difference?

gnomon | simony |

As nouns the difference between gnomon and simony

is that gnomon is the pointer on a sundial while simony is the act of buying and selling ecclesiastical offices and pardons.

gnomon

English

Noun

(wikipedia gnomon) (en noun)
  • The pointer on a sundial.
  • (geometry) A plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram.

    • Related terms

    * gnomonics

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    simony

    English

    (wikipedia simony)

    Noun

    (simonies)
  • The act of buying and selling ecclesiastical offices and pardons.
  • * 1989 , (Anthony Burgess), ‘Hun’, The Devil’s Mode :
    • ‘There are those two,’ he then said, ‘who were recently arraigned on a charge of high simony . Fancying a monstrance and stealing it and proposing to sell it. They pleaded the usual pagan ignorance.’
  • * 2007 , Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon , Blue Bridge 2008, p. 37:
    • He openly practiced simony ; in other words, he sold benefices.

    Synonyms

    * Simonism

    Derived terms

    * simoniac * simonist

    Coordinate terms

    * barratry

    See also

    * benefice

    Anagrams

    * * English eponyms