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Whited sepulcher

noun
1.
A person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous.  Synonym: whited sepulchre.






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"Whited sepulcher" Quotes from Famous Books



... himself quite even in the contest that had endured so long. Next morning it would be Sonia's turn. Ah, what a despicable thing is man's love, how unstable and profitless! No wonder Honora valued it so lightly. How Horace Endicott had raved over this whited sepulcher five years ago, believed in her, sworn by her virtue and truth! And to-day he regarded her without feeling, neither love nor hate, perfect indifference only marking his mental attitude in her regard. Somehow one liked to feel that love is unchangeable, as with ...
— The Art of Disappearing • John Talbot Smith



Words linked to "Whited sepulcher" :   whited sepulchre, pretender, phoney, dissimulator, dissembler, phony, hypocrite



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