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simoniace

simoniace [simoniacus+-e], in a simoniacal manner, by means of simony or corruption. 1136 nihil me in ecclesia vel rebus ecclesiasticis ~e acturum ‥ esse promitto (Ch. Regis) SelCh 143; Benedictus, qui ~e papatum invaserat Diceto Chr. 187; ut ‥ taceam de hiis qui ~e ad immolandum accedunt aut cum Juda corpus dominicum vendunt J. Furness Kentig. 16 p. 187; s1211 quando venit in exilium [sc. Thomas Becket] ‥ pape ‥ archiepiscopatum resignavit, dicens se symoniace archiepiscopatum suscepisse, quia per preces patris tui Henrici electus fuit Ann. Burton 214; vendunt symoniace regnum Dei Wycl. Sim. 15; c1449 ~e ad suam ecclesiam est promotus, nam obligavit se Thome G. ‥ patrono in xx li. pro presentacione Eng. Clergy 238.

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