Sanctimony Definition

săngktə-mōnē
noun
Affected piety or righteousness; religious hypocrisy.
Webster's New World

Sanctity.

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Origin of Sanctimony

  • From Latin sānctimōnia (“sanctity, sacredness; purity, chastity"), from sanctus (“holy") + -monia (“action or result of an action").

    From Wiktionary

  • Obsolete French sanctimonie from Latin sānctimōnia sacredness from sānctus holy sanctify

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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