simoniac

[ si-moh-nee-ak ]

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noun

simoniac

/ ˌsaɪməˈnaɪəkəl; sɪˈməʊnɪˌæk /

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si·mo·ni·a·cal [sahy-m, uh, -, nahy, -, uh, -k, uh, l, sim-, uh, -], adjective
simo·nia·cal·ly adverb

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1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin simoniacus (noun and adj.). See simony, -ac

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Oxford gave the signal by hunting a Papal legate out of the city amid cries of "usurer" and "simoniac" from the mob of students.

The Archbishop, after some consideration, answered, "To refrain from deposing a simoniac."

This was a man very greedy of money, and a simoniac, which sold in his court every Inf.

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