How to Use "simony" with Example Sentences

1. Abuses such as simony , nepotism , and financial excesses increased .
2. The two most flagrant , universally visible evils that afflicted religious life as these new-style popes began their great task were simony and clerical immorality .
3. If the election is made in another way and of a different kind of person than the above or by the wickedness of simony , the election shall be invalid and null by law .
4. If the said confirmers shall confirm elections in contravention of the above regulations or in respect of unsuitable persons or involving simony , such confirmations are automatically null .