simoniac

American  

[si-moh-nee-ak] / sɪˈmoʊ niˌæk /

noun

1. a person who practices simony.

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simoniac British  

/ ˌsaɪməˈnaɪəkəl, sɪˈməʊnɪˌæk /

noun

1. a person who is guilty of practising simony

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Other Word Forms

• simoniacal adjective
• simoniacally adverb

Etymology

Origin of simoniac

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

Example Sentences

Sotheby's, with Christie's not far behind, has led the field in this enterprise of simoniac strip-mining.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was a man very greedy of money, and a simoniac, which sold in his court every Inf. xix. 82-87.

From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni

But then I remembered that it had died of paralysis and I felt that I too was smiling feebly as if to absolve the simoniac of his sin.

From Dubliners by Joyce, James

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

From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by Green, John Richard

In the time of Gregory the conflict was still swaying to and fro, and he himself in 1078 declared consecration by a simoniac null and void.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various