Citations:sanctiloquent

Adjective: "speaking of holy or sacred things"

 * 1802 — James Baker, The Imperial Guide, C. Whittingham (1802), page 47:
 * Oh Malvern! is thy fame. Thy church may claim
 * Pre-eminence for style and storied lights,
 * Sanctiloquent and rare! thy lucid baths,
 * Not yielding in salubrious qualities,
 * To Trent, Pyrmont, or Spa, shall bless the land,

Adjective: "prone to speaking in a sanctimonious manner; preachy"

 * 1845 — Sylvester Judd, Margaret: A Tale of the Real and Ideal, Blight and Bloom, Jordan and Wiley (1845), page 228:
 * Pa when he is drunk has far better manners than those sanctiloquent Wigs exhibited.
 * 1867 — Elizabeth Missing Sewell & Levina Buoncuore Urbino, Diction Excercises, S. R. Urbino (1867), page 181:
 * I was about to scold Steven, when he informed me in the most serious, sanctimonious, and sanctiloquent manner, that baptism was necessary for the salvation of poor Jack, who had stolen a staunch piece of steak