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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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.  --  {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly},  adv 
  --  {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pharisaical 
  adj  :  excessively  or  hypocritically  pious;  "a  sickening 
  sanctimonious  smile"  [syn:  {holier-than-thou},  {pietistic}, 
  {pietistical},  {pharisaic},  {sanctimonious},  {self-righteous}]




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