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n. - A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere).

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  • Tartufe is so emphasised throughout the first two acts of the play that bears his name.
  • Tartufe, and thinking to himself, "Ah, those were the good times!"
  • The "United States" also captured the "Tartufe," of 8 guns and 60 men.
  • Tartufe at the theatre, had very incorrect conceptions regarding them.
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