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pharisaical

/faɹɪˈseɪk(ə)l/ UK

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From Late Latin Pharisaicus + -al.

adjective more pharisaical · most pharisaical · Pharisaical

Of or pertaining to the Pharisees.
Emphasizing the observance of ritual or practice over the meaning; self-righteous, hypocritical. Perhaps no man in the world had less than Douglas the pharisaical precision of Methodism; he was totally averse to their sudden and evanescent flights of enthusiasm, their frantic ravings of intemperate zeal in devotion, as if invoking a vindictive and implacable Deity;[…]

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@misc{pharisaical_2026,
  title = {pharisaical},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pharisaical},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}