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sanctimonious, a.|sæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəs|
[f. L. sanctimōnia sanctimony + -ous.]
†1. Possessing sanctity, holy in character; sacred, holy, consecrated. Obs.
1604Dekker Honest Wh. Wks. 1873 II. 58 Thou dost make me violate, The chastest and most sanctimonious vow. 1610Shakes. Temp. iv. i. 16. 1627 Lever Crucifix lxxxvi, They gaze upon that sanctimonious tree The Holy Crosse, (O sacred worthinesse!). 1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 281 The sanctimonious puritie of one Odo. Ibid. 309 Inuested in the sanctimonious robes of a Bishop. 1759Mason Caractacus 35 All that by sage and sanctimonious rites Might of the gods be ask'd, we have essay'd. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 170 [Iona] is still famous for its reliques of sanctimonious antiquity. 1801J. Jones tr. Bÿgge's Trav. Fr. Rep. iii. 43 There were two cloisters. One of those sanctimonious erections was converted into a barrack.
2. Of pretended or assumed sanctity or piety, making a show of sanctity, affecting the appearance of sanctity.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. i. ii. 7 Thou conclud'st like the Sanctimonious Pirat, that went to sea with the ten Commandements, but scrap'd one out of the Table. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. ii. 30 Easy to be appeased again by some flattering devotions, especially if performed with sanctimonious shows, and a solemn sadness of mind. 1692R. L'Estrange Fables ccclvi. 327 'Tis not a Sanctimonious Pretence..that will serve the Turn. 1744Akenside Pleas. Imag. iii. 111 And, bending oft their sanctimonious eyes, Take homage of the simple-minded throng—Ambassadors of Heaven! 1837Lockhart Scott 12 Dec. an. 1796, The sanctimonious air which the murderer maintained during his trial. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 400 To that sanctimonious jargon which was his Shibboleth, was opposed another jargon not less absurd and much more odious. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. (1894) iv. iii. 237 He informed us that they were a set of sanctimonious humbugs and thieves.
Hence sanctiˈmoniously adv., sanctiˈmoniousness.
1622Fletcher Sea Voy. i. i, Ye know deer Lady..How truly I have lov'd ye, how sanctimoniously Observ'd your honour. 1679J. Goodman Penit. Pard. i. ii. (1713) 21 Upon all occasions he exposed the sanctimoniousness of their admired Pharisees. 1771E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton I. 3, I will most sanctimoniously perform my part of the covenant. 1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. II. 94 ‘Henceforward there is laid up for me a crown of glory’. There was no touch of sanctimoniousness or cant in her utterance of these words, only a childlike and implicit faith. |