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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the quality of being hypocritically devout;
[syn: sanctimoniousness, sanctimony]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sanctimony \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. [1913 Webster] Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy undertaking with most austere sanctimony she accomplished. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sanctimony n 1: the quality of being hypocritically devout [syn: sanctimoniousness, sanctimony]