born-again vs sanctimonious

born-again

adj
  • Of or pertaining to evangelicalism. 

  • Having been spiritually changed through faith. 

  • Having a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ. 

  • Having a newly won zeal for some activity. 

noun
  • An evangelical Christian. 

  • Someone who has been spiritually changed through their (Christian) faith. 

  • Someone who has a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ. 

  • Anyone with a renewed commitment to any kind of cause or belief. 

sanctimonious

adj
  • Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious. 

How often have the words born-again and sanctimonious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )