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Dictionary: sanc·ti·mo·ny   (săngk'tə-mō'nē) pronunciation
 
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n.

Feigned piety or righteousness; hypocritical devoutness or high-mindedness.

[Obsolete French sanctimonie, from Latin sānctimōnia, sacredness, from sānctus, holy. See sanctify.]


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    A show or expression of feelings or beliefs one does not actually hold or possess: hypocrisy, pharisaism, phoniness, sanctimoniousness, tartuffery, two-facedness. See honest/dishonest.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the quality of being hypocritically devout
  Synonym: sanctimoniousness

 
 

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