pharisaical
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"Oh, of course, we're insular and we're Pharisaical," admitted Peter.
From The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Harland, Henry
It may seem that we have here reached the extreme limits of fanaticism, but in reality there were men whom even the Pharisaical Puritanism of the Philipists did not satisfy.
From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir
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 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
This stickler for etiquette was absolutely shocked; he held up his hands, began a declamation on the rules of evidence, and uttered so many Pharisaical platitudes that I only escaped annihilation by a hair's-breadth.
From The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) by Brampton, Henry Hawkins, Baron
Of course, we must not reach down in the Pharisaical sense.
From The Quickening by Ashe, E. M.
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