a. [ Cf. F. parcimonieux. See Parsimony. ] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. --
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 ]
n.
n. A follower of the
n. The principles, doctrines, or practice of the Saint-Simonians; -- called also
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
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. --
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 ]