simoniac
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of simoniac
1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin simoniacus (noun and adj.). See simony, -ac
Example Sentences
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Sotheby's, with Christie's not far behind, has led the field in this enterprise of simoniac strip-mining.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
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