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Adjective: sanctimonious  `sangk-ti'mow-nee-us
  1. Excessively or hypocritically pious
    "a sickening sanctimonious smile"
    - holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, self-righteous

See also: pious, sanctimony