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Webster 1913 Edition

Sanctimony

Sanc′ti-mo-ny

,
Noun.
[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.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Sanctimony

SANC'TIMONY

,
Noun.
[L. sanctimonia.] Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity, or the appearance of it. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

sanctimony

sanctimony

English

Noun

sanctimony ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sanctimonies)

  1. A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show.

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Etymology

From Middle French sanctimonie, from Latin sānctimōnia ‎(“sanctity, sacredness; purity, chastity”), from sanctus ‎(“holy”) + -monia ‎(“action or result of an action”).

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