un sanctimonious
təˈmoʊ 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.
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| —adj | |
| affecting piety or making a display of holiness | |
| [C17: from Latin sanctimonia sanctity, from sanctus holy] | |
| sancti'moniously | |
| —adv | |
| sancti'moniousness | |
| —n | |
| 'sanctimony | |
| —n | |
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sanctimonious
c.1600 (in "Measure for Measure," with the disparaging sense), from sanctimony "holiness of life and character" (1530s), from M.Fr. sanctimonie, from L. sanctimonia "holiness, virtuousness," from sanctus "holy" (see saint). The un-ironic, literal sense was used occasionally
in English from c.1600 to c.1800. Related: Sanctimoniously.
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