simonialis

simonialis [LL simonia+-alis] 1 pertaining to or characterised by simony (in quot. of gift given so as to obtain ecclesiastical preferment or sim.). s1256 ~ibus premiis ‥ stabilitur intrusus M. Par. Maj. V 591. 2 who practises simony; b (as sb. m.). ecclesiastica ‥ ornamenta ‥ vendidit et ~is munio ad subsidium satellitum suorum distraxit Ord. Vit. XI 14 p. 215; clerus ab ingressu semper lucris inhiavit. / ‥ / clerus in accessu †sit [l. fit] et extat simonialis. / ‥ / Simonis es frater, cujus scelus haud revereris H. Hunt. HA XI 164; reprehendit auctor prelatos ~es Garl. Mor. Scol. ch. 8 gl.. b s1253 zelator justitie ‥ persecutor ~ium M. Par. Maj. V 393.

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