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Noun

1. 1
   Affected or exaggerated piety.

   "We have since / learned to scoff at all such drollery, at the stalls / rife with the junk of old piosity"

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sanctimoniousnesssanctimoniousness

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"We have since / learned to scoff at all such drollery, at the stalls / rife with the junk of old piosity"

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