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holier-than-thou collapse: excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile"

convinced collapse: having a strong belief or conviction; "a convinced and fanatical pacifist"

reverent collapse: feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence"

Tartuffe collapse: a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)

pharisee collapse: a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions; a self-righteous or sanctimonious person

white lie collapse: an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)

godly collapse: showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life"

dutiful collapse: willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";

adoring collapse: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"; showing adoration

fib collapse: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"; tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

ranter collapse: someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner

pious collapse: having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"

hypocritical collapse: professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"

believe collapse: accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"; credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"; follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"; be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"

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