English Dictionary: pharisaic | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pharisaic \Phar`i*sa"ic\ (f[acr]r`[icr]*s[amac]"[icr]k), Pharisaical \Phar`i*sa"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [L. Pharisaicus, Gr. Farisai:ko`s: cf. F. pharisa[8b]que. See {Pharisee}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. [bd]The Pharisaic sect among the Jews.[b8] --Cudworth. 2. Hence: Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. [bd]Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness.[b8] --Bacon. [bd]Pharisaical ostentation.[b8] --Macaulay. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness}, n. |