pharisaic
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And Lily, whose clamour has been far in excess of her brother's, chimes in with pharisaic officiousness, 'Nonsense, Franky! do not be naughty!
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
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
Thus, then, my mother now, commanding that hideous deed with a mind at peace in pharisaic self-righteousness.
From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Sabatini, Rafael
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
For the pharisaic scholars this was a favorite problem.
From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rhees, Rush
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