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Webster 1913 Edition

Sanctimonious

Sancˊti-mo′ni-ous

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Adj.
[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.
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Sancˊti-mo′ni-ous-ly
,
adv.
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Sancˊti-mo′ni-ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sanctimonious

SANCTIMO'NIOUS

,
Adj.
[L. sanctimonia, from sanctus, holy.]
Saintly; having the appearance of sanctity; as a sanctimonious pretense.

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