simoniac
noun
a person who practices simony.
simoniacal
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a word derived from
simoniac.
Example Sentences
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Henry's ecclesiastical appointments were not simoniacal in fact, although they violated the papal decrees against simony.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
Benedict, however, sold the Papacy to John Gratian, who was reputed a man of piety, and whose accession as Gregory VI, even though it was a simoniacal transaction, was welcomed by the party of reform.
From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by D. J. (Dudley Julius) Medley
In the first place it would be simony; and then it would be simony beyond all description mean and simoniacal.
From Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
Yet it is simoniacal to do such things by contract, or with the intention of buying or selling.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Yet the latter seemingly is not simoniacal since it implies no buying or selling.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
