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Definition of Simoniacal
1. a. Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony.
Definition of Simoniacal
1. Adjective. simoniac ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Simoniacal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Simoniacal
Literary usage of Simoniacal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"... it is difficult to affirm that it was in principle more simoniacal than most
of those which had lately preceded it or were soon to follow. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Contracts by Charles Greenstreet Addison (1881)
"simoniacal contracts.—By the 31 Eliz., c, 6, s. 5, it is enacted that if any
person, body politic or corporate, shall, for money, reward, &c., ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... were passed against simoniacal elections and contracts. On his return to Rome
he was accompanied by William, Archbishop of Canterbury who obtained ..."
4. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1902)
"His simoniacal election was the secret terror of his whole life. He dreaded above
all things the use that might be made of this blot in his title to the ..."
5. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1902)
"His simoniacal election was the secret terror of his whole life. He dreaded above
all things the use that might be made of this blot in his title to the ..."
6. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver August Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1898)
"... B., observed, that one of the cases to which he had referred was, where the
engagement was to pay money, and also to make a simoniacal presentation; ..."
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