hypocrĭsis, is, f., = ὑπόκρισις,
I an imitation of a person's speech and gestures , mimicry , Don. Vit. Verg. 11.—
II Transf., hypocrisy , pretended sanctity (eccl. Lat.), = pietatis simulatio, Vulg. Matt. 23, 28; id. Luc. 12, 1.