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simoniac, n. and a.|sɪˈməʊnɪæk|
Forms: α. 4 symoniak, 5–6 -yake, 6 -iake, 7 -iack; 6–7 simoniak(e, 6–8 -iack(e, 6– simoniac. β. 7 simonaick.
[a. OF. symoniake, simoniaque (= Sp., Pg., and It. simoniaco), or ad. med.L. simoniac-us, f. simonia simony.]
A. n. One who practises simony; a buyer or seller of benefices, ecclesiastical preferments, or other spiritual things. Freq. with initial capital.
α1340Ayenb. 41 Þeruore hi byeþ y-cleped Symoniaks alle þo þet wylleþ zelle oþer begge þe gostliche þinges. c1420Lydg. Assembly of Gods 680 Pryuy symonyakes, with false vsurers. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 246 He saied that the Pope was a Simoniack, euer sellyng gyftes. 1592Timme Ten Eng. Lepers D 3, Both the seller and the buier of spirituall things are Simoniacks. 1636Prynne Unbish. Tim. (1661) 84 A Bishop.., although he be a Simoniack, Heretick, excommunicate Person,..may yet firmly ordain others. 1681Baxter Answ. Dodwell iii. 22 Such as divers General Councils judged Hereticks, Infidels, Simoniaks, &c. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 234 If the Bishop appears, and alledges..that the Person presented is a Simoniac, unlearned, and the like, then they are to proceed to Tryal. 1854Milman Lat. Chr. vi. iii. (1864) III. 476 Peter Bishop of Florence was accused as a Simoniac. 1881Church Times Apr. 211 We should say that simoniacs seldom disturb congregations.
β1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 50 The contraveeners to be punished with all severitie and rigour as simonaicks. 1678Jones Heart & Right Soveraign 349 There was but one bishop in all the isle of Britain then, and he afterwards a Simonaick.
B. adj. = next.
1632D. Lupton Lond. & Co. Carbonadoed (1857) 306 Like a false Canoniere, that came by his place by Simoniacke meanes. 1681S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 157 [To] part the simoniac pelf, And take the one half to himself. 1688Act 1 Will. & Mary c. 16 Preamble, Persons simoniack or simoniacally promoted to benefices. 1900Speaker 3 Mar. 588 The Simoniac baseness of the Universities. |