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simonist1|ˈsɪmənɪst|
Also 7 symonist.
[f. simon-y + -ist.]
One who practises or upholds simony.
1567Jewel Def. Apol. v. 564 The Heresie of Macedonius..is more tolerable, then is the Heresie of these simonistes. 1583Babington Commandm. (1590) 5 b, No excommunicate person or Simonist shall bee a patron to present. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 102 The Sacrilegist, and Symonist, the two Prophaners of holy things. 1670Milton Hist. Eng. iv. Wks. 1851 III. 163 Wulfer..selling the Bishoprick of London, to Wini the first Simonist we read of in this story. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. v. 49 An Adulterer, Simonist,..Arrian. 1767Burn Eccles. Law III. 336 The ecclesiastical court may proceed against a simonist. 1864Athenæum 9 Apr. 502/3 A Turk might say,..if you are a Christian, you are a simonist and a persecutor.
attrib.1681Hickeringill Vind. Naked Truth ii. 11 The Symonist Arch-bishop. |