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Pharisaic

Pharisaic definition

Phari·saic (far′ə sā′ik)

adjective

of the Pharisees
Etymology: 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
pretending to be highly moral or virtuous without actually being so; hypocritical
also pharisaical phar′i·sa′i·cal

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

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