Category:Pharisaic

Phar`i*sa"ic, phar`i*sa"ic*al, a. Etym: [l. Pharisaicus, gr. Pharisaïque. 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. -- phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. -- phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness, n.