Assertion: simony | /r/HasProperty | representative of same thing
Facets:
value: archaically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: I believe that simony is generally intended to represent the buying and selling of ecclesiastically-related items and concepts (such as taking money in exchange for the promise of a heavenly pardon), and while barratry was archaically representative of this same thing, it later came to mean more in terms of buying and selling offices of state (as distinct from favors and artifacts of a religious nature -- for example, a judge taking bribes, which is not at all religious in nature).