pharisaism
Example Sentences
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The last vestige of that just, instinctive pharisaism which clothes an unstained youth had dropped from her.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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 Balzac, Honoré de
Perhaps it would be better called aeonic pharisaism.
From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney
These expressions of unctuous pharisaism are coldly received by the French, who ask no favours but claim justice.
From The Tragedy of St. Helena by Runciman, Walter
It has been a terrible blow to the pharisaism of which I have just spoken.
From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney
