Found 2 items, similar to Sanctimony.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sanctimony sanctimony n : the quality of being hypocritically devout [syn: sanctimoniousness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sanctimony Sanctimony \Sanc"ti*mo*ny\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy undertaking with most austere sanctimony she accomplished. --Shak. [1913 Webster]