pharisaic
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They chose for this mission priests and Levites of pharisaic leaning as most influential among the people.
From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rhees, Rush
In the case of Paul, it was the pharisaic treatment of the law, and the deliverance was righteousness by faith.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
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
Just in proportion as He offended the pharisaic scribes, so did He inspire with new hope the unhappy classes who were taught to consider themselves castaway.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.
I know that I've been horrid to you all my life, critical and pharisaic.
From The Fifth Wheel A Novel by Prouty, Olive Higgins
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