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Detail of the 1559 painting Netherlandish Proverbs, depicting a man so intensely pretending to be pious that he embraces a church pillar

pillar-biter ‎(plural pillar-biters)

Religious hypocrite

French: grenouille de bénitier (fr) (lit., "blessed water font frog" ; does not denote hypocrisy, but excessive devotion)