'Pharisaically' definitions:

Definition of 'Pharisaically'

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  • Pharisaic \Phar`i*sa"ic\ (f[a^]r`[i^]*s[=a]"[i^]k), Pharisaical \Phar`i*sa"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [L. Pharisaicus, Gr. Farisai:ko`s: cf. F. pharisa["i]que. See Pharisee.]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. "The Pharisaic sect among the Jews." --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster] -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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