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sanctimonious

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sanc⋅ti⋅mo⋅ni⋅ous

  [sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uhs]
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–adjective
1. making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
2. Obsolete. holy; sacred.
Origin:
1595–1605; sanctimony + -ous

Related forms:
sanc⋅ti⋅mo⋅ni⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
sanc⋅ti⋅mo⋅ni⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous   (sāngk'tə-mō'nē-əs)   
adj.  Feigning piety or righteousness: "a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg that looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity" (Mark Twain).
sanc'ti·mo'ni·ous·ly adv., sanc'ti·mo'ni·ous·ness n.
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