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Pharisaicalness

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. [1913 Webster] -- Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness, n.

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pharisaicalness

n. The quality of being pharisaical.