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[syn: sanctimoniousness, sanctimony]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sanctimonious \Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous\, a. [See Sanctimony.]
1. Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness;
hypocritically devout or pious. "Like the sanctimonious
pirate." --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. --
Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sanctimoniousness
n 1: the quality of being hypocritically devout [syn:
sanctimoniousness, sanctimony]