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Definition of Holier-than-thou
1. Adjective. Excessively or hypocritically pious. "A sickening sanctimonious smile"
Similar to: Pious
Derivative terms: Pharisee, Pharisee, Pietism, Pietism, Sanctimoniousness, Sanctimony
Definition of Holier-than-thou
1. Adjective. sanctimonious, self-righteously, or hypocritically pious ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holier-than-thou
Literary usage of Holier-than-thou
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychologic Method in Teaching by William Arch McKeever (1909)
"Holier than Thou. The fact that the teacher or parent is doing everything possible
to enable the child to arise above every kind of wrong-doing does not ..."
2. The Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah by Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra (1873)
"... am holier than thou. It is an intransitive verb ; as to the suffix,6 comp.
*31S\M " have gone out of me " (Jer. x. ..."
3. The Commentary of Ibn Ezra on Isaiah by Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra (1873)
"... am holier than thou. It is an intransitive verb ; as to the suffix,6 сотр.
'31K¥» " have gone out of me " (Jer. x. ..."
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