'Sanctimony' definitions:
Definition of 'sanctimony'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being hypocritically devout [syn: sanctimoniousness, sanctimony]
Definition of 'Sanctimony'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'sanctimony'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bibliolatry,
- cant,
- censoriousness,
- charismatic gift,
- charismatic movement,
- charismatic renewal,
- demureness,
- demurity,
- empty gesture,
- false modesty,
- false piety,
- fanaticism,
- gift of tongues,
- glossolalia,
- hideboundness,
- hypocrisy,
- hypocriticalness,
- lip service,
- mauvaise honte,
- mealymouthedness,
- mouthing,
- mummery,
- narrowness,
- oiliness,
- ostentatious devotion,
- overdevoutness,
- overmodesty,
- overpiousness,
- overreligiousness,
- overrighteousness,
- overzealousness,
- pecksniffery,
- Pecksniffery,
- pentecostalism,
- pharisaicalness,
- pharisaism,
- priggishness,
- primness,
- prudery,
- prudishness,
- puritanicalness,
- Quakerishness,
- religiosity,
- revival,
- revivalism,
- sanctimoniousness,
- smugness,
- snuffling,
- soft soap,
- stiff-neckedness,
- straitlacedness,
- stuffiness,
- sweet talk,
- Tartuffery,
- Tartuffism,
- tokenism,
- unctuousness,
- zeal,
- zealotism,
- zealotry,
- zealousness