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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dictionary Results for sanctimony:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
sanctimony
    n 1: the quality of being hypocritically devout [syn:
         sanctimoniousness, sanctimony]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sanctimony \Sanc"ti*mo*ny\, n. [L. sanctimonia, fr. sanctus
   holy: cf. OF. sanctimonie. See Saint.]
   Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity;
   especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or
   pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness.
   [1913 Webster]

         Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy
         undertaking with most austere sanctimony she
         accomplished.                            --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]
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