affected piety
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Amelie, following the advice of the Duchesse de Maufrigneuse, affected piety to win the proud lady's favor.
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honoré de Balzac
With this underlying thought Job, the bold but honest doubter, stands above his friends with their affected piety.
From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler
By degrees his affected piety grew cool and the friar's garb became irksome.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Washington Irving
But their affected piety would only bring upon them a darker doom.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
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