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Sanctimony   /sˈæŋktɪmˌoʊni/   Listen
Sanctimony

noun
1.
The quality of being hypocritically devout.  Synonym: sanctimoniousness.






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"Sanctimony" Quotes from Famous Books



... Durance to you to-day—and how is it he is not in favour?—they are tempting the Lord to turn the pillars of Society into pillars of salt. Down comes the house. And priests can rest in sight of it!—They ought to be dead against the sanctimony that believes it excommunicates when it curses. The relationship is not dissolved so cheaply, though our Society affects to think it is. Barmby's off to the East End of this London, Victor informs me:—good fellow! And there he'll be groaning over our vicious nature. Nature is ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith



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