sanctimoniousness

2 definitions found

sanctimoniousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

sanctimoniousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sanctimoniousness
      n 1: the quality of being hypocritically devout [syn:
           sanctimoniousness, sanctimony]