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Pharisaical
{
Pharˊi-sa′ic
(fărˊĭ-sā′ĭk)
, Pharˊi-sa′ic-al
(-ĭ-kal)
, } Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees.
“The Pharisaic sect among the Jews.” Cudworth.
2.
Hence:
Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous.
“Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness.” Bacon.
“Pharisaical ostentation.” Macaulay.
– Pharˊi-sa′ic-al-ly
, adv.
Pharˊi-sa′ic-al-ness
, Noun.