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Meanings of pharisaic in English

Excessively or hypocritically pious.

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      1
      All these things are full of pharisaic vanity.
      The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
      2
      Thus, then, my mother now, commanding that hideous deed with a mind at peace in pharisaic self-righteousness.
      The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
      3
      That's the way to inculcate a filthy pharisaic conceit into a child.-Ifthe child ill-treats the cat, say:
      Fantasia of the Unconscious
      4
      This largely resulted from the Pharisaic instinct that assumes superiority over other men.
      The Art of Letters
      5
      A woman prefers one measure of frivolity to nine measures of Pharisaic sanctimoniousness.
      Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and ...
      6
      The Pharisaic school modified this prophetic teaching in two ways.
      Outspoken Essays
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      What was the condition of acceptance in the Pharisaic church?
      The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
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      In my unpardonable stupidity and prejudice-ina Pharisaic pride- Ihavecaused Miss Mayhew to offend.
      A Face Illumined
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      The Romans allowed him to found a self-governing Pharisaic community at Jabneh, to the west of Jerusalem.
      A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
      10
      Self-righteousness would have led me in Pharisaic pride to say, 'Stand aside, I am holier than thou.'
      Opening a Chestnut Burr
      11
      A Pharisaic attitude is not only highly mischievous in its results, but is here altogether out of place.
      Essays in War-Time: Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygien...
      12
      And the Pharisaic community passes by on the other side of the way, in fear of a falling brick.
      Yet Again
      13
      Already the fundamental Pharisaic doctrine of the two ages-thepresent age and that which is to come-isin danger.
      Outspoken Essays
      14
      In a condition between slumber and waking, she seemed to plead for him before a circle of Pharisaic accusers.
      Born in Exile
      15
      And side by side with them, apparently, might be found Pharisaic disputants of an older type (iii.
      Philippian Studies / Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's E...
      16
      Agur's third saying has been likewise sadly misconstrued by the ancient Pharisaic controversialist and by his faithful modern successors.
      The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur
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