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† siˈmonient, n. and a. Obs. rare.
Also 4–5 symonient, -yent.
[Cf. simonian1 and -ent.]
A. n. = simoniac n.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 26 And siþ þei sillen treuþe..þei ben cursed symonyentis & so heretikis. 1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 9 Symonientis ben sovereyne eretikis. a1470H. Parker Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1496) vii. 303/1 [They] that bye ony thyng spirytuel..ben called proprely symonientes.
B. adj. = simoniacal a. 1.
1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 11 Such appropringe..is theefli, fals, and symonient. a1470H. Parker Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1496) vii. 302/2 Some thynges be forboden for they be symonyent, as byenge and sellynge of the sacramentes of holy chirche.
Hence † siˈmoniently adv. Obs.
c1400Apol. Loll. 51 No man presume..symonyently, þat is to sey, for coueytise, for his labour tak ani þing. |