Answer: simony

AnswerCrossword Clue
SIMONYTraffic in sacred things.
SIMONYThe sin of buying or selling church benefices.
SIMONYTraffic in that which is sacred.
SIMONYProfit from sacred things.
SIMONYBuying or selling sacred things.
SIMONYSelling of church offices
SIMONYChurch crime
SIMONYTraffic in holy things
SIMONYSale of church property
SIMONYSee selling
simonythe buying and selling of a church office
simonythe making of profit out of sacred things
simonythe buying or selling of a church office or ecclesiastical preferment
simonythe sin of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferments, benefices, etc.