Piety vs Sanctimonious - What's the difference?
piety | sanctimonious |
(uncountable) reverence and devotion to God
(uncountable) similar reverence to one's parents and family
(countable) a devout act or thought
Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
(archaic) Holy, devout.
As a noun piety
is reverence and devotion to God.As an adjective sanctimonious is
making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.piety
English
Noun
- Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.