simonist

noun

simonist

noun

Etymology From simony + -ist.

1

Christianity One who engages in simony, the purchase of church offices.

Theologians went on quoting his definition. However, the original simonist, Simon Magus, had made his offer for the Holy Ghost in hard cash...1978, Alexander Murray, Reason and Society in the Middle Ages, page 64:

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