What is "simoniacs"

Usage examples of "simoniacs".

Reverend Talbot had been roasted with the Simoniacs and Chief Justice Healey thrown in among the Neutrals.

Camp had seemed particularly interested in the punishment of the Simoniacs when Mead mentioned it in a long list of examples.

Avarice, or Covetousness, which is the root of all harms, since its votaries are idolaters, oppressors and enslavers of men, deceivers of their equals in business, simoniacs, gamblers, liars, thieves, false swearers, blasphemers, murderers, and sacrilegious.