simon (c.1305)

simon (c.1305)

  FEW:  simon 11,633b Gdf: GdfC: TL: simon 9,660 DEAF:  simon  DMF: TLF: OED: MED:  simon n.  DMLBS:  Simon n. 179913
cymon,  symon  

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1 personif.eccl.canon.law (personification of) simony, selling or purchasing of ecclesiastical or spiritual benefits
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Tres chivalers ad retenu en sa compaynye; Le un si est apelé sire Herege de Heresye, L'autre si est nomé sire Cymon (var. (Ch: c.1330) Symon ) de Symonye [...]  447
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  celle part u Simon court Chascuns la main tendue acourt  7399
simoniak  simonial  simonin 
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simon