Sanctimoniousness

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.
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     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]:

  sanctimoniousness
       n : the quality of being hypocritically devout [syn: {sanctimony}]