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HYPOCRISY

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 207 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HYPOCRISY , pretence, or false

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ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

assumption of a high

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CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, especially in regard to religious belief or practice . The

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Greek inrolcpw'cs, from which the word is derived through the Old

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French, meant primarily the acting of a

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PART

part on the

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STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage, from inro+cpiveiOac, to give an

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ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer, to speak

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DIALOGUE

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PLAY

play a part on the stage, hence to practice dissimulation .

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