pharisaism
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pharisaism¹
- /ˈfaɹ.ɪˌseɪ.ɪz.(ə)m/ UK
- /ˈfɛɹ.əˌseɪˌɪz.əm/ US
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From Late Latin Pharisaismus, from Pharĭsaeus (“Pharisee”) + -ismus (“-ism”); compare French Pharisaïsme, Italian Fariseismo (archaic), farisaismo.
noun pharisaisms · Pharisaism · Phariseeism
- The doctrines and practices, or the character and spirit, of the Pharisees. Since Paul lived and worked in the greater Syrian area as a Pharisee, it is somewhat probable that Pharisaism had some influence there and that some Pharisees lived outside Jerusalem and Judea. […] Paul never says where he made contact with Pharisaism, in Tarsus, Syria, or Jerusalem. […] The evidenc
- Rigid observance of external forms of religion without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners. [T]he Phariſee faſted twice every weeke, and that never cenſured in him as a peice of Phariſaiſme, or hypocriſie, or fault of any kind; but as commendable, if he had not boaſted of it.
Pharisaism²
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of pharisaism The man who thinks that his religion is the sum-total of the religious dogmas he believes in, who thinks that to live in harmony with the allhood of things it requires only that one subscribe to certain prescribed religious dogmas, in whose mind the means of salvation is simply frequency and fervenc
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noun doctrines and practices of the Pharisees
| Français | pharisaïsme |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | φαρισαϊσμός farisaïsmós |
noun rigid observance of external forms of religion
| Português | farisaísmo |
|---|---|
| Français | pharisaïsme |
| Italiano | farisaismo |
| Ελληνικά | φαρισαϊσμός farisaïsmós |
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