- 1. a. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. Source: opted
- 2. a. Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. Source: opted
- 3. adj. excessively or hypocritically pious Source: wordnet
- 4. 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. Source: webster
- 5. s excessively or hypocritically pious Source: ecdict
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