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Simoniacal

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si·mo·ni·ac  (s-mn-k, s-)
n.
One who practices simony.
si·moni·ac, simo·nia·cal (sm-n-kl, sm-) adj.
simo·nia·cal·ly adv.
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The choice of Erkenwald for a hero is particularly meaningful in view of the fact that in his own time he was consecrated bishop in succession to simoniacal Wini (Farmer 1978: 134).
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