Definition of Pharisaisms

1. Noun. (plural of pharisaism) ¹

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Definition of Pharisaisms

1. pharisaism [n] - See also: pharisaism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pharisaisms

pharaoh
pharaoh's ant
pharaoh ant
pharaoh ants
pharaohs
pharaonic
pharaonically
pharate
phare
phares
pharisaic
pharisaical
pharisaically
pharisaicalness
pharisaism
pharisaisms (current term)
pharisean
phariseeism
phariseeisms
pharisees
pharm
pharma
pharmacal
pharmaceutic
pharmaceutic aid
pharmaceutical
pharmaceutical biology
pharmaceutical chemist
pharmaceutical chemistry
pharmaceutical company

Literary usage of Pharisaisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1905)
"It is a passionate outcry against the wrongs, t lie cruelties, the pharisaisms of our present civil- iz' non. ..."

2. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1883)
"The Pharisaism of race becomes an element of character, when, like all other pharisaisms, it should be cast out. Better even than knowledge is a kindly ..."

3. The Life and Work of St. Paul by Frederic William Farrar (1902)
"... or the servile pharisaisms of Galatia. Clearly he is not here dealing with any special dissensions, heresies, or attacks on his authority.1 The very ..."

4. Life of W. M. Thackeray by Herman Charles Merivale, Frank Thomas Marzials (1891)
"On the other hand, how delightful the consistent development of that idle-industrious mind, and the dear little domestic pharisaisms that all nice boys ..."

5. Mr. George Jean Nathan Presents by George Jean Nathan (1917)
"... in the Winter Garden, I answer you that the theory is, truth to tell, very catchy, but that, further than this, it is of the juiciest of pharisaisms. ..."

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