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Sanctimony

Sanctimony Meaning & Definition
Sanctimony Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sanctimony?

[n] the quality of being hypocritically devout

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sanctimony: sanctimoniousness

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See Also | hypocrisy

Sanctimony In Webster's Dictionary

\Sanc"ti*mo*ny\, n. [L. sanctimonia, fr. sanctus holy: cf. OF. sanctimonie. See {Saint}.] Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness. Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy undertaking with most austere sanctimony she accomplished. --Shak.

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