Sanc"ti*mo*ny (?), n. [L.
sanctimonia, fr. sanctus holy: cf. OF.
sanctimonie. See Saint.] 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.