α. see simoniacal adj. and -ly suffix2.
β. 1600s simonaically.
simoniacallyadv.
/ˌsɪməˈnʌɪəkli/, U.S. /ˌsɪməˈnaɪək(ə)li/, /ˌsaɪməˈnaɪək(ə)li/ Christian Church. Now historical.
In a simoniacal manner; by means of simony.
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society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [adverb]
simonientlyc1475
simoniacally1600
simonically1634
1600 M. Sutcliffe New Challenge iv. 85 in Briefe Replie to Libel They are ordeined simoniacally, and by excommunicate persons.
1688 Act 1 Will. & Mary c. 16 Preamble Persons simoniack or simoniacally promoted to benefices.
1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. ix. 619 After his decease, a certain Clerk was simoniacally presented by those Regular Patrons.
1767 R. Burn Eccl. Law (ed. 2) III. 325 Canons..whereby a person simoniacally promoted is punished by deprivation.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 263 Johnson: He had purchased a living in the country, but not simoniacally.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) xii. 297 A bad pope, a simoniacally-appointed pope.
1905 Eng. Hist. Rev. 20 567 He believed that he received deacon's orders simoniacally, and priest's orders from a bishop simoniacally promoted.
1961 E. F. Jacob Fifteenth Cent., 1399–1485 vii. 276 Another man..was promoted to his church simoniacally for he bound himself to Sir Thomas Grey the patron in £20 for his presentation to the church and paid £10 down.
2003 H. E. J. Cowdrey Lanfranc vii. 95 A Northumbrian king..had simoniacally sold the church of York to a certain bishop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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