- 1. n. Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness. Source: opted
- 2. n. the quality of being hypocritically devout Source: wordnet
- 3. Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness. Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy undertaking with most austere sanctimony she accomplished. Shak. Source: webster
- 4. Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity;especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretendedholiness; hypocritical devoutness.Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy undertaking with mostaustere sanctimony she accomplished. Shak. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n the quality of being hypocritically devout Source: ecdict
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