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simoniac

[ si-moh-nee-ak ]

noun

  1. a person who practices simony.


simoniac

/ ˌsaɪməˈnaɪəkəl; sɪˈməʊnɪˌæk /

noun

  1. a person who is guilty of practising simony
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Derived Forms

  • ˌsimoˈniacally, adverb
  • simoniacal, adjective
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of simoniac1

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

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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