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sanctimoniousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sanctimoniousness
Sanctimonious \Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous\, a. [See Sanctimony.]
Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.
--Shak.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.
Wiktionary
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.