simon

n. [ LL. simoniacus. See Simony. ] One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony. -- Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the simoniacal arts by which they grasped at the popedom. J. S. Harford. [1913 Webster]

a. Simoniacal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ See Simony. ] One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Simoniacal. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices simony. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Genuine; true; real; authentic; -- a term alluding to the comedy character Simon Pure, who is impersonated by another and is obliged to prove himself to be the “real Simon Pure.” [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]