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[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]