SANCTIMONY

sanctimony. Sanctimony, n. holiness, a scrupulous austerity

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Sanc″ti‐mo‐ny (?), n. [[L. sanctimonia, fr. sanctus holy: cf. OF. sanctimonie. See Saint.]] Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness. Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy undertaking with most austere sanctimony she accomplished. Shak.