\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.