pharisaism
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Perhaps it would be better called aeonic pharisaism.
From Progress and History by Francis Sydney Marvin
Zola has several phases; one of them, I admit, blue as heaven's own tinct; but Holmes has only one phase, namely, pharisaism.
From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy
Was this change wrought by the ascetic habits of a pharisaism which is not piety any more than avarice is economy?
From A Second Home by Honoré de Balzac
The reign of the Commonwealth had not been, remarkable for its virtue, though it had been notable for its pharisaism.
From Royalty Restored by J. Fitzgerald (Joseph Fitzgerald) Molloy
Here she stopped short in the full swing of pharisaism, smiled at herself in dismal self- mockery.
From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by David Graham Phillips
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