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sanctimonious


sanc·ti·mo·nious

adj \ˌsaŋ(k)-tə-ˈmō-nē-əs, -nyəs\

Definition of SANCTIMONIOUS

1
: hypocritically pious or devout <a sanctimonious moralist> <the king's sanctimonious rebuke — G. B. Shaw>
2
obsolete : possessing sanctity : holy
— sanc·ti·mo·nious·ly adverb
— sanc·ti·mo·nious·ness noun
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First Known Use of SANCTIMONIOUS

1603

Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

Rhymes with SANCTIMONIOUS

acrimonious, Apollonius, ceremonious, disharmonious, inharmonious, parsimonious

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