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[ simonist. [Rare.] These simoners sell sin, suffering men and women in every degree and estate to lie and continue from year to year in divers vices slanderously. Bp. Bale , Select Works, p. 129. ( Davies .) simoniac (si-mō'ni-ak), n. [OF. (and F.) si moniaque = Pr. simoniac , simoniaic = Sp. simo níaco = Pg. It. simoniaco , simoniac us , relating to simony, simonia , simony: see si mony.] One who practises simony. Witches, heretics, simoniacs, and wicked persons of other instances, have done miracles. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 632. simoniacal (sim-ō-ni'a-kal), a. [ simoniac + -al.] 1. Guilty of simony. If a priest be simoniacal , he cannot be esteemed righteous before God by preaching well. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 8. What shall we expect that have such multitudes of Achans, church robbers, simoniacal patrons? Burton , Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 52. 2. Partaking of, involving, or consisting in simony: as, a simoniacal presentation. Simoniacal corruption I may not for honour's sake suspect to be amongst men of so great place. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. 24. When the common law censures simoniacal contracts,. it affords great light to the subject to consider what the canon law has adjudged to be simony. Black stone, Com., Int., § ii. simoniacally (sim-ō-ni'a-kal-i), adv. In a simoniacal manner; with the guilt or offense of simony. IMG:content-1089.png:[blocks in formation]