- affected piety or righteousness; religious hypocrisy
- Obs. sanctity
Origin of sanctimony
Old French sanctimonie from Classical Latin sanctimonia from sanctus, holy: see saintsanctimony
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sanctimony
noun
Righteousness accompanied by an unwarranted attitude of moral or social superiority; smug or hypocritical righteousness.
Origin of sanctimony
Obsolete French sanctimonie from Latin sānctimōnia sacredness from sānctus holy ; see sanctify .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show.
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