1) a pretext (alleged reason, pretended cause)
2) show
2a) under colour as though they would do something
2b) in pretence, ostensibly
Part of Speech: noun feminine
G4392
From a compound of G4253 and G5316; an outward showing, that is, pretext: - cloke, colour, pretence, show.
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| a pretense | 88.230 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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