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Simony vs Parsimony - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between simony and parsimony

is that simony is the act of buying and selling ecclesiastical offices and pardons while parsimony is great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

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

    parsimony

    English

    (wikipedia parsimony)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
  • *
  • (by extension) The principle of using the least resources or explanations to solve a problem.

    • Synonyms

    * see'' stinginess''' and ' niggardliness * see also'' economy, frugality, ''' and '

    Related terms

    * parsimonious

    See also

    * Occam's Razor

    External links

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