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Sanctimony

Holiness devoutness scrupulous austerity sanctity especially outward or artificial saintliness assumed or pretended holiness hypocritical devoutness

Hocus pocus

A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended incantations

Black Friday

public disaster has occurred as In England December 6 1745 when the news of the landing of the Pretender reached London or May 11 1866 when a financial panic commenced In the United States September 24 1869

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Catharist

One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him applied to persons of various sects See Albigenses

Cultrivorous

Devouring knives swallowing or pretending to swallow knives applied to persons who have swallowed or have seemed to swallow knives with impunity

cunningman

A fortune teller one who pretends to reveal mysteries

Divination

The act of divining a foreseeing or foretelling of future events the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means

Divinator

One who practices or pretends to divination a diviner

Diviner

One who professes divination one who pretends to predict events or to reveal occult things by supernatural means

Double dealing

False or deceitful dealing acting in bad faith deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another See Double dealing under Dealing

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