Middle English Dictionary Entry
sī̆mō̆nien n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sī̆mō̆nien n. Also simonian. |
| Etymology | ML simōniānus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who practices simony, one guilty of simony.
Associated quotations
- c1400 Apoc.(2) (Hrl 171)95/6 : Þe marchauntis biers ben symonyens þat schulen make greete sorowe & drede whanne deeþ comeþ..for þei schulen forgo her fals goodis.
- c1400 Wycl.LAChurch (Dub 244)p.xxv : Chaffare walkynge in derkenessis is þe pryui heresie of symonyans.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.148 : Hise ȝiftis ben not mesurid bi man alȝif symonyens mesuren þer grace, and ȝyven pleyner absolucion, and more suffragies, for more money.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)100/17 : Hildebrande..was a legate in Frauns, in a councell whech was gadered ageyn þe simonianes.