Sanctimony

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• Sanctimony — Основная информация …   Википедия

• Sanctimony — may also refer to *Sanctimony (band), a rock band from Latvia *Sanctimony (film), a 2000 TV film …   Wikipedia

• 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sanctimony — index hypocrisy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• sanctimony — (n.) 1530s, from O.Fr. sanctimonie, from L. sanctimonia sacredness (see SANCTIMONIOUS (Cf. sanctimonious)) …   Etymology dictionary

• sanctimony — *hypocrisy, Pharisaism, cant Analogous words: pretending or pretense, simulation, feigning, counterfeiting, affecting or affectation (see corresponding verbs at ASSUME): enthusiasm, zealotry, fanaticism (see nouns at ENTHUSIAST) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• sanctimony — [saŋk′tə mō΄nē] n. [OFr sanctimonie < L sanctimonia < sanctus, holy: see SAINT] 1. affected piety or righteousness; religious hypocrisy 2. obs. var. of SANCTITY …   English World dictionary

• sanctimony — sanctimonious ► ADJECTIVE derogatory ▪ making a show of being morally superior. DERIVATIVES sanctimoniously adverb sanctimoniousness noun sanctimony noun. ORIGIN from Latin sanctimonia sanctity …   English terms dictionary

• sanctimony — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Middle French sanctimonie, from Latin sanctimonia, from sanctus Date: 1534 1. obsolete holiness 2. affected or hypocritical holiness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sanctimony — /sangk teuh moh nee/, n. 1. pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc. 2. Obs. sanctity; sacredness. [1530 40; < L sanctimonia holiness. See SANCTUS, MONY] * * * …   Universalium