Pharisaic

adjective

1. of the Pharisees

2. Origin: from the notion promulgated in the N.T. that Pharisees were generally so characterized

   emphasizing or observing the letter but not the spirit of religious law; self-righteous; sanctimonious
3. pretending to be highly moral or virtuous without actually being so; hypocritical
   also pharisaical

Origin: LL(Ec) Pharisaicus < Gr(Ec) pharisaïkos < pharisaios: see Pharisee