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simoniacally, adv.|sɪməˈnaɪəkəlɪ|
[f. prec.]
In a simoniacal manner; with the guilt of simony.
1600O. E. (M. Sutcliffe) Repl. Libel ii. iv. 85 They are ordeined simoniacally, and by excommunicate persons. 1688[see simoniac B]. 1695Kennett Par. Antiq. ix. 619 After his decease, a certain Clerk was simoniacally presented by those Regular Patrons. 1767Burn Eccles. Law III. 325 Canons..whereby a person simoniacally promoted is punished by deprivation. 1778Johnson in Boswell 12 May, He had purchased a living in the country, but not simoniacally. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. xii. 297 A bad pope, a simoniacally-appointed pope. |