sanctimony Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
    sanctimoniousness.

WordNet

Sanc"ti*mo*ny noun
Etymology
L. sanctimonia, fr. sanctus holy: cf. OF. sanctimonie. See Saint.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913