D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sanctimony

/săng'-ktĭm-ōnˌ-ē/ · Sanc·ti·mo·ny · IPA /ˈsæŋk.tɪˌmoʊ.ni/
01 n. Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocri…
  1. 1.
    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.