| 1. sanctimonious; hypocritical. cantingcanting , a. speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone. -- canting*ly , adv. -- canting*ness , n.canting arms,canting heraldry (her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. thus, the castletons bear three castles, and pope adrian iv. (nicholas breakspeare) bore a broken spear.canting canting, n. the use of cant; hypocrisy |