Pharisaic
adjective
of or relating to the Pharisees.
Pharisaical
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a variation of
Pharisaic.
Example Sentences
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Yet, Pharisaical snob, he did most violently resent that she should be opposite his wife in The Sunday Picture....
From Mr. Prohack by Arnold Bennett
Mr. Jerry's expression twinkled, as though he protested against being credited with a Pharisaical purity, susceptible to shocks.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
This man, Christ saith, was a son of Abraham, that is, as other Jews were; for he spake to stop the mouths of their Pharisaical cavillations.
From The Pharisee and Publican by John Bunyan
Cleve was absolutely at the disposal of the peer, and the peer was unconsciously placing himself in the hands of Mr. Larkin, to be worked like a puppet, and spoken for by the Pharisaical attorney.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
It is in reality timid, narrow-minded, and Pharisaical.
From At Large by Arthur Christopher Benson
