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Webster 1913 Edition
Sanctimonious
1.
Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.
Shak.
2.
Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.
“Like the sanctimonious pirate.” Shak.
Sancˊti-mo′ni-ous-ly
, adv.
Sancˊti-mo′ni-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sanctimonious
SANCTIMO'NIOUS
,Adj.
Saintly; having the appearance of sanctity; as a sanctimonious pretense.
Definition 2024
sanctimonious
sanctimonious
English
Adjective
sanctimonious (comparative more sanctimonious, superlative most sanctimonious)
- Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
- (archaic) Holy, devout.
Derived terms
Translations
making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically
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