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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- election as beginning with some clergy who were dissatisfied with Paschal's simoniacal favoritism of the Colonna and Pierleoni families. This, coupled with the...
- or impropriate churches. So concerned were the Grandmontines regarding simoniacal entry that in the customary composed about 1170, it was forbidden to ask...
- conferred by them whether with the consent of the clergy of the Church or simoniacally. We also absolutely forbid any cleric in any way to alienate his prebend...
- 1084. Herbert de Losinga obtained his appointment in 1091 by means of a simoniacal gift to King William Rufus to secure his election, but being subsequently...
- denouncing her prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin, as responsible for simoniacal and unworthy nominations to the episcopate. He persuaded the rich— royalty...
- Pope Gregory I, relies on this p****age to justify his policy against simoniacal clergy, comparing them to merchants. Other medieval Catholic figures will...