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Definition of Simoniacally

Simoniacally
Simoniacal Sim`o*ni"a*cal, a. Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony. -- Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly, adv. The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the simoniacal arts by which they grasped at the popedom. --J. S. Harford.

Meaning of Simoniacally from wikipedia

- whether simoniacus (the perpetrator of a simoniacal transaction) or simoniace promotus (the beneficiary of a simoniacal transaction), was liable to deprivation...
- ushering in the Avignon Papacy (1309–1377). Dante delivers a denunciation of simoniacal corruption of the Church. Bolgia 4 – Sorcerers: In the middle of the bridge...
- because the arrangement he had entered into with Benedict was considered simoniacal; that is, to have been paid for. A German, Clement II, was chosen to succeed...
- was the Archbishop of Milan from 1045 until his death, though he had simoniacally abdicated in 1067. He had been chosen as successor to Aribert by the...
- cir****stances of his election, which seemed to many of the bishops to be simoniacal; realizing the depth of his difficulties, Gregory resigned his papal office...
- Meanwhile, the question arose as to the validity of the ordinations of simoniacal clerics. Peter Damian wrote (about 1053) a treatise, the Liber Gratissimus...
- denouncing her prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin, as responsible for simoniacal and unworthy nominations to the episcopate. He persuaded the rich— royalty...
- simony. The bishops of the synod ****ured Gratian that this act was indeed simoniacal, regardless of his virtuous motivations for it, and called upon him to...
- Pope Gregory I, relies on this p****age to justify his policy against simoniacal clergy, comparing them to merchants. Other medieval Catholic figures will...
- which the House of Lords declared that bonds of special resignation were simoniacal. After extensive litigation, he succeeded in instituting his younger brother...