Definition of Sanctimoniousness

1. Noun. The quality of being hypocritically devout.

Exact synonyms: Sanctimony
Generic synonyms: Hypocrisy
Derivative terms: Sanctimonious, Sanctimonious

Definition of Sanctimoniousness

1. Noun. The property of being sanctimonious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanctimoniousness

sanctification
sanctifications
sanctified
sanctifier
sanctifiers
sanctifies
sanctifieth
sanctify
sanctifying
sanctifyingly
sanctiloquent
sanctimonial
sanctimonies
sanctimonious
sanctimoniously
sanctimoniousness (current term)
sanctimony
sanction
sanctionable
sanctionary
sanctionative
sanctioned
sanctioning
sanctionless
sanctions
sanctities
sanctitude
sanctitudes
sanctity
sanctuaries

Literary usage of Sanctimoniousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"... philosophical library in itself— Amusing appanage of his own book—Oily and voluble sanctimoniousness—Self - worship of the os - rotundus sort—Inflamed ..."

2. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"... fun, and dramatic animation—A philosophical library in itself— Amusing appanage of his own book—Oily and voluble sanctimoniousness—Self - worship of the ..."

3. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... Sickness"—View from the Top of Sugar-Loaf Mountain—Fording the Lundi River—Skinning a Hippopotamus—Inconvenient sanctimoniousness of ..."

4. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... Sickness"—View from the Top of Sugar-Loaf Mountain—Fording the Lundi River—Skinning a Hippopotamus—Inconvenient sanctimoniousness of ..."

5. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... Sickness"—View from the Top of Sugar-Loaf Mountain—Fording the Lundi River—Skinning a Hippopotamus—Inconvenient sanctimoniousness of ..."

6. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"... philosophical library in itself— Amusing appanage of his own book—Oily and voluble sanctimoniousness—Self - worship of the os - rotundus sort—Inflamed ..."

7. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"... fun, and dramatic animation—A philosophical library in itself— Amusing appanage of his own book—Oily and voluble sanctimoniousness—Self - worship of the ..."

8. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... Sickness"—View from the Top of Sugar-Loaf Mountain—Fording the Lundi River—Skinning a Hippopotamus—Inconvenient sanctimoniousness of ..."

9. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... Sickness"—View from the Top of Sugar-Loaf Mountain—Fording the Lundi River—Skinning a Hippopotamus—Inconvenient sanctimoniousness of ..."

10. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... Sickness"—View from the Top of Sugar-Loaf Mountain—Fording the Lundi River—Skinning a Hippopotamus—Inconvenient sanctimoniousness of ..."

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