Pharisaic

or Phar·i·sa·i·cal

[ far-uh-sey-ik or far-uh-sey-i-kuh l ]

/ ˌfær əˈseɪ ɪk or ˌfær əˈseɪ ɪ kəl /

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adjective

of or relating to the Pharisees.

(lowercase) practicing or advocating strict observance of external forms and ceremonies of religion or conduct without regard to the spirit; self-righteous; hypocritical.

Origin of Pharisaic

1610–20; < Late Latin Pharisaicus < Greek Pharisaikós. See Pharisee, -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM Pharisaic

Phar·i·sa·i·cal·ly, adverb Phar·i·sa·i·cal·ess, noun

Example sentences from the Web for pharisaical

Yet the retribution falls also upon the Church, in that it becomes artificial, clerical, pharisaical.

Edward Caldwell Moore |Edward Moore
Who says that early risers always have a Pharisaical sense of their own superiority?

Records of Later Life |Frances Ann Kemble
Cowper called it 'that repository of self-righteousness and pharisaical lumber.'

The English Church in the Eighteenth Century |Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
Its monks, however, point with some pharisaical satisfaction at certain neighboring establishments.

Life on a Mediaeval Barony |William Stearns Davis

"Because she told me all that passed," said Oak, with a pharisaical sense that he was not as other shearers in this matter.

Far from the Madding Crowd |Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for pharisaical

Pharisaic

Pharisaical

/ (ˌfærɪˈseɪɪk) /

adjective

Judaism of, relating to, or characteristic of the Pharisees or Pharisaism

(often not capital) righteously hypocritical

Derived forms of Pharisaic

Pharisaically, adverb Pharisaicalness, noun

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Pharisaic

or Phar·i·sa·i·cal

adjective

Origin of Pharisaic

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British Dictionary definitions for pharisaical

Pharisaical

adjective

Derived forms of Pharisaic

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Pharisaic

or Phar·i·sa·i·cal

adjective

Origin of Pharisaic

OTHER WORDS FROM Pharisaic

Words related to pharisaical

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British Dictionary definitions for pharisaical

Pharisaical

adjective

Derived forms of Pharisaic