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Simony :: Simony (n.) The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.

Savingly :: Savingly (adv.) In a saving manner; with frugality or parsimony.

Savingness :: Savingness (n.) The quality of being saving; carefulness not to expend money uselessly; frugality; parsimony.

Niggardliness :: Niggardliness (n.) The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.

Parsimonious :: Parsimonious (a.) Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.

Simoniac :: Simoniac (n.) One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church..

Parsimony :: Parsimony (n.) Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.

Simonist :: Simonist (n.) One who practices simony.

Economy :: Economy (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony..

Pinching :: Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony..

Spare :: Spare (n.) Parsimony; frugal use.

Prodigality :: Prodigality (n.) Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony..

Simoniacal :: Simoniacal (a.) Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony.

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