2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sanctimoniously adv : in a sanctimonious manner; "she was sanctimoniously criticizing everybody" [syn: {self-righteously}]
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