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† siˈmonier Obs.
Also 4 symoniour, -ier, 5–6 -yer.
[Cf. prec. and -er1.]
= simoniac n.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 103 Þes proude clerkes, symoniours, silleres of pardoun and indulgences. Ibid. 211 Þer ben two maner of heretikis of whiche Englond schuld be purgid, and symonieris ben þe first. c1440Alph. Tales 480 Þus þies symonyers war confusid, & belife þe abbay was wele rewlid and clere oute of dett. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) ii. i, Be in no wyse..a symonyer, or a rauenour. 1520Caxton's Chron. Eng. vii. 76 b, Gregorius the 7..proceded sharply agaynst prelates and preestes that were symonyers. |