SANCTIMONIOUS

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2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. Shak.

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Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious. "Like the sanctimonious pirate." Shak. -- Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.

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