A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1507-1508
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(Simonite,) Symonite, Symonyte, n. [Simony n., or perhaps f. the proper name Simon (Magus); cf. e.m.E. Simonite (1555).] One who upholds, or is guilty of practising, simony. —a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 525 (B).
Sarazene, symonyte [M. symonite], prowd pagane pronunceat
