This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word sanctimony. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show.
Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that contains large (greater than two millimeters in diameter) rounded clasts.The space between the clasts is generally filled with smaller particles and/or a chemical cement that binds the rock together. Conglomerate can have a variety of compositions.As a clastic sedimentary rock it can contain clasts of any rock material or weathering product that is washed downstream or down current.The rounded clasts of conglomerate can be mineral particles such as quartz or they can be sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous rock fragments.The matrix that binds the large clasts together can be a mixture of sand, mud and chemical cement.he space between the clasts is generally filled with smaller particles and/or a chemical cement that binds the rock together. Conglomerate can have a variety of compositions. As a clastic sedimentary rock it can contain clasts of any rock material or weathering product that is washed downstream or down current.
Denoting rocks composed of broken pieces of older rocks: a group of clastic sediments such as conglomerates. More example sentences. 1  Mechanical deposition, by water or wind, produces clastic rocks composed of broken fragments, generally of silicate minerals and small pieces of rock: sandstones and conglomerates. In contrast, the Cambrian clastic rocks are characterized by a paucity of these zircons, suggesting a significant difference between Neoproterozoic and Cambrian drainage systems.