pharisaic
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To appear well in the opinion of others was the aim of pharisaic conduct.
From Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Alexander, Archibald B. C.
A woman who has lost the law, believes that her power consists in the charms of her witchery, or in her skill at a pharisaic pretence of intellectual labour.
From What Shall We Do? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
For the pharisaic scholars this was a favorite problem.
From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rhees, Rush
It is now also that the silence of James, in reference to that condition which was demanded by those of a pharisaic tendency, gains significance.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
This was evident in his dealing with his pharisaic critics.
From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rhees, Rush
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