About The Word Sanctimony
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Sanctimony
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What's The Definition Of Sanctimony?
[n] the quality of being hypocritically devout
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sanctimony: sanctimoniousness Related Terms | Find terms related to Sanctimony: 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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