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Sanctimoniousness

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. [1913 Webster] -- Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.

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sanctimoniousness

n. The property of being sanctimonious.

WordNet
sanctimoniousness

n. the quality of being hypocritically devout [syn: sanctimony]

Usage examples of "sanctimoniousness".

The Moors have not yet attained to that state of hypocritical sanctimoniousness in which modern society in civilized lands delights to parade itself.