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simony
(encz) | simony,simonie n: Zdeněk Brož |
simony
(encz) | simony,svatokupectví n: Zdeněk Brož |
Simony
(gcide) | Simony \Sim"o*ny\, n. [F. simonie, LL. simonia, fr. Simon Magus,
who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy
Spirit. Acts viii.]
The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the
corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice
for money or reward. --Piers Plowman.
[1913 Webster] Simoom |
simony
(wn) | simony
n 1: traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments [syn:
simony, barratry] |
SIMONY
(bouvier) | SIMONY, eccl. law. The selling and buying of holy orders, or an
ecclesiastical benefice. Bac. Ab. h.t.; 1 Harr. Dig. 556. By simony is also
understood an unlawful agreement to receive a temporal reward for something
holy or spiritual. Code, 1, 3, 31 Ayl. Parerg. 496.
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law of parsimony
(encz) | law of parsimony, n: |
parsimony
(encz) | parsimony,skrblictví n: Zdeněk Brož |
principle of parsimony
(encz) | principle of parsimony, n: |
Parsimony
(gcide) | Parsimony \Par"si*mo*ny\, n. [L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf.
parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie.]
Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; --
generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Awful parsimony presided generally at the table.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness;
closeness; stinginess. See Economy.
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Simony
(gcide) | Simony \Sim"o*ny\, n. [F. simonie, LL. simonia, fr. Simon Magus,
who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy
Spirit. Acts viii.]
The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the
corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice
for money or reward. --Piers Plowman.
[1913 Webster] Simoom |
law of parsimony
(wn) | law of parsimony
n 1: the principle that entities should not be multiplied
needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be
preferred [syn: Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor,
principle of parsimony, law of parsimony] |
parsimony
(wn) | parsimony
n 1: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily [syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness,
thrift, penny-pinching]
2: extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess,
niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony,
parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness,
closeness] |
principle of parsimony
(wn) | principle of parsimony
n 1: the principle that entities should not be multiplied
needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be
preferred [syn: Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor,
principle of parsimony, law of parsimony] |
charles simonyi
(foldoc) | Charles Simonyi
Simonyi, Charles
Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible
for Hungarian Notation.
Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a
decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
(1999-05-25)
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simonyi, charles
(foldoc) | Charles Simonyi
Simonyi, Charles
Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible
for Hungarian Notation.
Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a
decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
(1999-05-25)
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SIMONY
(bouvier) | SIMONY, eccl. law. The selling and buying of holy orders, or an
ecclesiastical benefice. Bac. Ab. h.t.; 1 Harr. Dig. 556. By simony is also
understood an unlawful agreement to receive a temporal reward for something
holy or spiritual. Code, 1, 3, 31 Ayl. Parerg. 496.
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