Category:Sanctimony

Sanc"ti*mo*ny, n. Etym: [l. sanctimonia, fr. sanctus holy: cf. Of. Sanctimonie. See saint.]

Defn: holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; Especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended Holiness; hypocritical devoutness. Her pretense is a pilgrimage;. . . which holy undertaking with most Austere sanctimony she accomplished. Shak.