sanctimoniousadj.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adjective]
hallowedc900
holyc1000
blessedc1200
blissfula1225
seelya1225
yblessed1297
sacred13..
saint1377
devoutc1380
divinec1380
consecratec1386
dedicatec1386
benedighta1400
happyc1405
sillya1450
sacrate?a1475
sanctificatec1485
sacrificed?1504
sacrea1535
religious1549
vowed1585
anointed1595
devote1597
devoted1597
consecrated1599
sacrosanct1601
sanctimonious1604
sanctified1607
dedicated1609
divined1624
sacrosanctious1629
reverend1631
celebrate1632
divinified1633
sacrosanctified1693
sanctimonial1721
sacramental1851
divinized1852
sacral1882
sanct1890
sanctifiable1894
sacramented1914
hierophanic1927
kramat1947
sacralized1979
1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore iv. i. 141 Thou doost make me violate, The chastest and most sanctimonious vow.
1607 C. Lever Crucifixe lxxxvi. sig. D3v They gaze vpon that sanctimonious tree The holy Crosse, (O sacred Worthinesse!).
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 16 Before All sanctimonious ceremonies may..be ministred. View more context for this quotation
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 281 The sanctimonious puritie of one Odo.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 309 Inuested in the sanctimonious robes of a Bishop.
1759 W. Mason Caractacus 35 All that by sage and sanctimonious rites Might of the gods be ask'd, we have essay'd.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 170 [Iona] is still famous for its reliques of sanctimonious antiquity.
1801 J. Jones tr. T. Bugge Trav. French Republic 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.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective]
pope-holya1387
Pharisaical1527
as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530
hypocritish1531
hypocritic1540
hypocritely1541
hypocritical1553
horse-holy?1589
sanctified1604
Pharisee-like1611
sanctimoniousa1616
Pharisaica1618
lip-holy1624
Bible-bearing1625
canting1663
unctuous1742
pietistical1753
pietical1782
goody-goody1785
goody1808
Sunday school1817
Pecksniffian1844
goodyish1848
goody-good1851
devil-dodging?1861
pietic1865
mawwormish1883
pietistic1884
mawwormy1885
pi1891
pietose1893
holier-than-thou1912
antimacassar1913
holy1958
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective]
whiteda1225
hypocritec1380
papelarda1500
dissimuling?1518
dissembling1526
Pharisaical1527
hypocritish1531
masking1538
hypocritic1540
hypocritely1541
hypocritical1553
mimic1591
transom-eyed1601
tonguey1612
sanctimoniousa1616
Pharisaica1618
crocodilian1632
hypocrital1658
canting1663
double-minded1727
Tartufish1768
dissimulating1794
dissimulative1802
sawneying1808
sham-Abra(ha)m1828
Tartuffian1872
Pecksniffian1874
mawwormish1883
Chadbandian1908
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) 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. View more context for this quotation
a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) ii. 26 Easy to be appeased again by some flattering devotions, especially if performed with sanctimonious shewes and a solemn sadness of Mind.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccclvi. 327 'Tis not a Sanctimonious Pretence..that will serve the Turn.
1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination iii. 111 And, bending oft their sanctimonious eyes, Take homage of the simple-minded throng—Ambassadors of Heaven!
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott 12 Dec. ann. 1796 The sanctimonious air which the murderer maintained during his trial.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 400 To that sanctimonious jargon which was his Shibboleth, was opposed another jargon not less absurd and much more odious.
1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iv. 237 He informed us that they were a set of sanctimonious humbugs and thieves.
Derivatives
sanctiˈmoniously adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adverb]
hypocritically1548
sanctifiedly1633
sanctimoniouslya1640
Pharisee-like1651
cantingly1695
pietistically1753
unctuously1864
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sea Voy. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaav/1 Ye know deer Lady..How truly I have lov'd ye, how sanctimoniously Observ'd your honour.
1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton I. 3 I will most sanctimoniously perform my part of the covenant.
sanctiˈmoniousness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun]
hypocrisy?c1225
pope-holya1425
saunteringc1440
pope-holiness1528
Pharisaism?1573
lip-holiness1591
lip-religion1597
hypocrism1605
lip-devotion1613
sanctimonya1618
lip-worship1656
sanctimoniousness1679
unction1692
sanctification1768
goodiness1808
pietism1829
lip-reverencec1843
Pecksniffery1848
mawwormism1850
goody-good1851
lip-homage1858
devil-dodging1866
goody-goodiness1868
goody-goodyism1868
piosity1883
unctuosity1884
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [noun]
hypocrisis?c1225
hypocrisy?c1225
pope-holya1425
Pharisaism?1573
Phariseeism1585
hypocriteness1602
hypocrism1605
double-mindednessa1627
Pharisaicalness1679
sanctimoniousness1679
Tartufism1688
Pecksniffery1848
mawwormism1850
Tartufferie1851
Pecksniffianism1860
Pecksniffism1867
snide1902
Chadbandism1923
snideness1942
snidery1953
snidiness1976
1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) i. ii. 21 Upon all occasions he exposed the sanctimoniousness of their admired Pharisees.
1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter 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.
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