Bible Dictionaries
Hypocrisy

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hypocrisy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hypocrisy.html. 1828.