sanctimoniousness
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sanctimoniousness — index blasphemy, hypocrisy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sanctimoniousness — sanctimonious ► ADJECTIVE derogatory ▪ making a show of being morally superior. DERIVATIVES sanctimoniously adverb sanctimoniousness noun sanctimony noun. ORIGIN from Latin sanctimonia sanctity … English terms dictionary
Sanctimoniousness — Sanctimonious Sanc ti*mo ni*ous, a. [See {Sanctimony}.] 1. Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious. Like the sanctimonious pirate. Shak … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sanctimoniousness — noun see sanctimonious … New Collegiate Dictionary
sanctimoniousness — See sanctimoniously. * * * … Universalium
sanctimoniousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A show or expression of feelings or beliefs one does not actually hold or possess: hypocrisy, Pharisaism, phoniness, sanctimony, tartuffery, two facedness. See HONEST … English dictionary for students
sanctimoniousness — sanc·ti mo·ni·ous·ness· || ‚sæŋktɪməʊnɪesnɪs n. self righteousness, hypocritical devoutness, quality of pretending to be pious … English contemporary dictionary
sanctimoniousness — n. Pharisaism, hypocrisy, cant, formalism, pietism, sanctimony, assumed piety … New dictionary of synonyms
sanctimoniousness — sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous·ness … English syllables
sanctimoniousness — See: sanctimonious … English dictionary
