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creeping Jesus

creeping Jesus noun: a person who puts on a pretense of piety.

Noun

creeping Jesus

  1. (UK, derogatory, informal) A person who puts on a pretense of piety.

Questions about creeping Jesus

What does creeping Jesus mean?
Creeping Jesus means a person who puts on a pretense of piety.
What part of speech is creeping Jesus?
Creeping Jesus is a noun.

Words near creeping Jesus in the dictionary

  1. creeping freehold
  2. creeping gromwell
  3. creeping gromwells
  4. creeping in
  5. creeping Jenny
  6. creeping Jesus
  7. creeping normality
  8. creeping on
  9. creeping out
  10. creeping phlox
  11. creeping phloxes

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