simoniac

[ si-moh-nee-ak ]

noun

1. a person who practices simony.

simoniac

/ sɪˈməʊnɪˌæk; ˌsaɪməˈnaɪəkəl /

noun

1. a person who is guilty of practising simony

Derived Forms

• ˌsimoˈniacally, adverb
• simoniacal, adjective

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of simoniac¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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