simoniac

simoniac [si-moh-nee-ak] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a person who practices simony.

Origin of simoniac 1300–50; Middle English Medieval Latin simoniacus (noun and adj.). See simony, -ac Related formssi·mo·ni·a·cal [sahy-muh-nahy-uh-kuh l, sim-uh-] /ˌsaɪ məˈnaɪ ə kəl, ˌsɪm ə-/, adjectivesi·mo·ni·a·cal·ly, adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for simoniac Historical Examples of simoniac

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

Freaks of Fanaticism

Sabine Baring-Gould

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

Villani’s Chronicle

Giovanni Villani

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

History of the English People, Volume II (of 8)

John Richard Green

British Dictionary definitions for simoniac simoniac noun

1. a person who is guilty of practising simony

Derived Formssimoniacal (ˌsaɪməˈnaɪəkəl), adjectivesimoniacally, adverb Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012