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pharisaical

adjective phar·i·sa·ical \-ˈsā-ə-kəl\

Definition of PHARISAICAL

:  marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
phar·i·sa·ical·ly \-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
phar·i·sa·ical·ness \-kəl-nəs\ noun
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First Known Use of PHARISAICAL

1531

Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

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