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sanctimoniousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sanctimonious  \Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous\,  a.  [See  {Sanctimony}.] 
  1.  Possessing  sanctimony;  holy;  sacred;  saintly.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Making  a  show  of  sanctity;  affecting  saintliness; 
  hypocritically  devout  or  pious.  ``Like  the  sanctimonious 
  pirate.''  --Shak.  --  {Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sanctimoniousness 
  n  :  the  quality  of  being  hypocritically  devout  [syn:  {sanctimony}]




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