单词 | simonite |
释义 | simoniten.1 Christian Church. Now historical and rare. A person who practises or has practised simony; a buyer or seller of ecclesiastical or spiritual benefits, especially preferment or office in the church; = simoniac n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [noun] > one characterized by simoniac1340 chop-church1391 simonient1395 Simonianc1400 simonialc1405 simoniera1425 gyesite1426 barrator1427 simoner1438 simoniacle1502 simonite1508 Balaamite1559 simonist1567 chopper1581 benefice-monger1583 church-chopper1631 chop-living1634 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 217 Saraȝene, symonyte provit, pagane pronunciate. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. x. 235 Thei ware all busie vsurers, and Simonites: bothe spirituall and Temporall. 1588 in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 617 All Simonites, wch bye and sell, or unfytlie bestow livinges and offices. 1864 R. Clarke Poet. Chronol. & Compend. Anc. Brit. & Mod. Eng. Hist. 387 To all reproach this Simonite [sc. Pope Julius II] was proof. 1997 R. J. Morgan On this Day at February 12 Gregory [VI] was among the worst simonites, having ‘bought’ the papacy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Simoniten.2 Church History. rare before 19th cent. A member of an early Gnostic sect named after Simon Magus; = Simonian n.2 ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Simonianism > [noun] > person Simonian1538 Simonist1572 Simonite1625 1625 G. Salteren Sacræ Heptades vii. 149 The Simonites and Menandrians, which were also in the Apostles time, in holding that the graces of God were to be purchased by mony, denyed by consequent the effect of Christs comming. 1828 R. Walsh Anc. Coins (ed. 2) 70 The dogmata..of the different Gnostic sects are alluded to... The Ophites indicated by the serpent, the Simonites by Jupiter [etc.]. 1912 Jrnl. Relig. Psychol. 5 376 The Gnostics of divers sorts, the Ophites,..the Marcusites, the Simonites, and others earlier and later. 2005 S. Soto tr. G. Martínez Oxf. Murders x. 71 How many sects, or religious groups, would you say there were in Christ's time?..There were dozens and dozens... The Nazarenes, the Simonites, the Phibionites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Simoniten.3adj. British Politics. Now historical. A. n.3 A supporter or follower of the Liberal politician Sir John Simon (1873–1954); chiefly used spec. to refer to members of the Liberal National Party (later the National Liberal Party) which seceded in 1931 from the official Liberal Party led by Sir Herbert Samuel (see Samuelite n.).Earliest with reference to the Indian Constitutional Development Committee, chaired by Simon from 1927 and hence known as the Simon Commission. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > a Liberal > types of radical reformer1795 rad1820 radical1822 Adullamite1866 Simonite1928 Samuelite1931 1928 Times of India 2 June 14/1 The All Parties Conference was convened..to furnish an eye-opener to the Simonites and others of the constructive genius of the Indian people. 1931 N.Y. Times 23 Mar. 8/5 There will be a dozen groups in Parliament—Laborites, Mosleyites,..Liberals, Simonites, [etc.]. 1932 W. H. Auden Orators iii. 104 The Simonites, the Mosleyites and the I.L.P. 1957 J. Bowle Viscount Samuel xvii. 287 The Liberals had to accept a measure of Protection... But the rift with the Simonites continued. 2015 P. Sloman Liberal Party & Econ. iii. 83 Those Liberals who could secure local Conservative support without joining the Simonites had little reason to do so. B. adj. (attributive). That is a supporter or follower of Sir John Simon (see sense A.); of or relating to Sir John Simon or his supporters. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > Liberal > type of Adullamite1866 Simonite1928 1928 Times of India 7 June 3/6 (heading) Bombay Presidency Simonite conference. 1931 Economist 28 Mar. 661/1 The members of the Simonite group are not only few in the House; they are almost certainly not numerous in the constituencies. 1977 D. Marquand Ramsay Macdonald xxvii. 677 On the fiscal question..he sided with the Conservatives and Simonite Liberals against Snowden and the Samuelite Liberals. 2008 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 47 609 The fact that the Lloyd Georgeites had styled themselves ‘National Liberals’ explains why, a decade later, the Simonite breakaway group assumed the title ‘Liberal Nationals’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11508n.21625n.3adj.1928 |
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