Category:Sanctimonious

Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous, a. Etym: [see sanctimony.]

1. Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. Shak.

2. Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically Devout or pious. "like the sanctimonious pirate." Shak. -- sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.