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siˈmonious, a. Now rare or Obs.
Also 7 symonious.
[f. simony + -ous.]
1. = simoniacal 1 and 3.
1612Dekker If it be not good Wks. 1873 II. 276 None shall hold Three or four Church-liuings (got by Symonious gold). 1648Milton Tenure Kings 54 Gorging themselves on the simonious places of their outed predecessors. 1839Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) I. ix. 192 A simonious suit decided against her in the Ecclesiastical Court had been the result.
2. = simoniacal 2.
1653Milton Hirelings Preface, The oppressions of a Simonious decimating clergie. 1670― Hist. Eng. vi. Wks. 1851 III. 292 At this relation..Stigand the Simonious Archbishop..is said to have laugh't. |