Associations to the word «Sanctimonious»
Noun
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Wiktionary
SANCTIMONIOUS, adjective. Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
SANCTIMONIOUS, adjective. (archaic) Holy, devout.
Dictionary definition
SANCTIMONIOUS, adjective. Excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.