01 n. Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocri…
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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.