Found 2 items, similar to Pharisaically.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pharisaical
pharisaical
adj : excessively or hypocritically pious;
“a sickening
sanctimonious smile” [syn:
holier-than-thou,
pietistic,
pietistical,
pharisaic,
sanctimonious,
self-righteous]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pharisaically
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.
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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.
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