'Sanctimonious' definitions:

Definition of 'sanctimonious'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous]

Definition of 'Sanctimonious'

From: GCIDE
  • Sanctimonious \Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous\, a. [See Sanctimony.]
  • 1. Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious. "Like the sanctimonious pirate." --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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