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单词 simoniacal
释义

simoniacaladj.

Brit. /ˌsɪməˈnʌɪəkl/, U.S. /ˌsɪməˈnaɪəkəl/, /ˌsaɪməˈnaɪəkəl/
Forms:

α. 1500s symonyacall, 1500s–1600s simoniacall, 1500s–1600s symoniacal, 1500s–1600s symoniacall, 1500s– simoniacal, 1600s symmoniacall.

β. 1500s–1600s symonaical, 1500s–1600s symonaicall, 1600s simmonaical, 1600s simonaicall, 1600s– simonaical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin simoniacus , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin simoniacus simoniac adj. + -al suffix1. Compare simonial adj. and earlier simoniac adj., simonient adj.With the β. forms compare e.g. Pharisaical adj., and also β. forms at simoniac n. and adj.
Christian Church. Now chiefly historical.
1. Relating to, of the nature of, or involving simony.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [adjective]
simonient1395
simoniaca1500
simoniacal1510
simonial1510
simonical?1532
Balaamitical1561
simonious1595
simonist1681
α.
1510 A. Chertsey tr. Floure Commaundementes of God (de Worde) i. xxxiii. f. lxxix/2 Suche paccyon ne sholde be symonyacall yf it were made symply wtoute gyfte, and that ye sayd consentement were not goten by maner of symonye.
1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. v. 562 These thinges are Simoniacal..that are forebidden in the Olde and Newe Testamente.
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiv, in Wks. (1662) 68 Simoniacal corruption I may not..suspect to be amongst men of so great place.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 145 I may say of this Selfe, as we say of Simoniacall contracts for Benefices, that such Simony creates a lapse.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xliv. 269 Mr. Williams..declin'd the stipulated 80l...as he thought it would have a Simoniacal Appearance.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 60 When the common law censures simoniacal contracts.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. vi. iv. 582 To dispute his lessor's title, by proving that his presentation was simoniacal.
1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. 380 The exaction of such a price..was both oppressive and simoniacal.
1909 N. A. Weber Hist. Simony Christian Church Introd. 5 The ecclesiastical authority has the right to proscribe as simoniacal, morally indifferent actions, because of the simoniacal danger which they present.
1962 V. J. K. Brook Life Abp. Parker vii. 104 Bishops..were to be vigilant to prevent the ‘spoiling’ of glebe and tithes by simoniacal pacts.
2004 Church Hist. 74 744 The contentious case of the irregular and simoniacal election of Bishop Daimbert of Pisa.
β. 1580 Interrogatories Diocesse of Lincolne sig. B.iiv Whether any Minister or Priest presented to anye benefice..hath suffered him to make a gaine, by any coloure, deceite, or symonaicall compacte, in bestowing the saide benefice.1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 2 If he would deliver at once all those his Purgatory Prisoners without the Simonaicall receipt of money.1702 G. Ridpath Disc. upon Union Scotl. & Eng. vii. 103 Meer Nominal Bishops..made Simonaical Contracts with him and others of the Nobility.1813 Missionary Mag. Jan. 18 A clergyman..in company with one of his brethren who detested the simonaical practice.1983 Seanchas Ardmhacha 11 19 An elaborate dossier of sworn statements concerning the cardinal as party to transactions involving a number of important French benefices..which were blatantly simonaical.2015 G. E. M. Gasper in G. E. M. Gasper & S. H. Gullbekk Money & Church in Medieval Europe iii. 54 Gratian decided that the gift should be freely offered; any perceived demand for money rendering the transaction simonaical.
2. Of a person: that practises or is guilty of simony; that has obtained office by means of simony.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [adjective] > practising
simonical?1532
simoniacre1534
simoniacal1535
church-chopping1621
simonious1659
Simonian1854
α.
1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace ii. xxiv. f. 100v What other thynge is there, than the concourse of symonyacall persons, from all countrees?
1587 H. Parry in tr. Z. Ursinus Summe of Christian Relig. To Rdrs. sig. *7v Those accursed Simoniacal Patrons, who haue sodred & simoned the wals of their houses with the verie bloud of soules.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 53 Away with such young mercenary stripplings and their Simoniacall fathers.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 298. ⁋8 The Simoniacal Ladies, who seduce the sacred Order into the Difficulty [etc.].
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. II. vi. 34 He declaimed loudly against the Simoniacal paction.
1848 Q. Rev. Mar. 122 One piece..is a song levelled at Simoniacal prelates.
1897 M. Oliphant Makers of Mod. Rome 236 They condemned the simoniacal clergy in every rank.
1913 R. G. Usher Rise & Fall High Comm. vi. 121 The brutal husband or simoniacal curate, who knew that but for the commissioners he would not have been punished at all.
1962 W. K. Ferguson Europe in Transition ix. 368 Many of his sermons were directed against the vices of the undisciplined and simoniacal clergy.
2007 Traditio 62 7 The campaign against simony generated a considerable problem for the reformers: were sacraments administered by simoniacal priests valid?
β. 1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles viii. 196 Wee can scarce finde one Priest in all poperie which is not manifestly a symonaical [L. Simoniacus] person in this respect.1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 20 The bribing hands of the Simonaicall Minions.1706 M. Geddes Hist. Schisms 41 in Misc. Tracts III. A knot of Simonaical, and vile Popes, with Doubtful Titles.1875 Month & Catholic Rev. 5 506 This invincible combatant vanquished..all the simonaical archbishops and bishops, all prevaricating priests [etc.].1907 A. B. Teetgen Life & Times Empress Pulcheria 30 He had nothing to fear from the charges of gluttons disgusted at his frugality, of simonaical Bishops angry at his justice, of sacreligious [sic] priests enraged at his integrity.2012 J. B. Pierce Poverty, Heresy, & Apocalypse iv. 59 They..encouraged them [sc. the laity] to assist in reform, for example, by reporting simonaical priests.
3. Esp. of an institution, building, etc.: within which simony is practised; characterized by simony; tainted or marked by simony.
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society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [adjective] > tainted or marked by
simoniacal1585
simonious1595
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xx. 346 We haue happely forsaken..that polluted Church, that simoniacall temple.
1597 J. Dove Serm. Paules Crosse Ep. Ded. sig. A3v An Heremite mured vp within the compasse of a wall, without hope of euer being called to any Ecclesiastial preferment in this corrupt and simoniacall age.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 56 Would he preferre those proud simoniacall Courts?
1884 A. Jessopp Norwich vi. 93 He [sc. Simon de Watton] had been a conspicuous example of the sin that his name recalled, and that, too, in a Simoniacal age.
1968 Dante Stud. No. 86. 46 Dante wanted to keep his readers from being victimized by a simoniacal Church.

Derivatives

simoniacalness n. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Simoniacalness, the being of a Simoniacal Nature, i.e. the buying of Church Livings, or Ecclesiastical Offices, or Dignities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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