*simon*

a. [ Cf. F. parcimonieux. See Parsimony. ] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving; mean; stingy; frugal. See Avaricious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being parsimonious; extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
Syn. -- parsimony, thrift, penny-pinching. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An extreme stinginess.
Syn. -- meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, tightfistedness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf. parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie. ] Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Awful parsimony presided generally at the table. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness; closeness; stinginess. See Economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles, doctrines, or practice of the Saint-Simonians; -- called also Saint- Simonism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A system of socialism in which the state owns all the property and the laborer is entitled to share according to the quality and amount of his work, founded by Saint Simon (1760-1825); -- called also Saint- Simonianism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ LL. simoniacus. See Simony. ] One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony. -- Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the simoniacal arts by which they grasped at the popedom. J. S. Harford. [1913 Webster]

a. Simoniacal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ See Simony. ] One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Simoniacal. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices simony. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Genuine; true; real; authentic; -- a term alluding to the comedy character Simon Pure, who is impersonated by another and is obliged to prove himself to be the “real Simon Pure.” [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. simonie, LL. simonia, fr. Simon Magus, who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy Spirit. Acts viii. ] The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]