• (n.) Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners. • (n.) The notions, doctrines, and conduct of the Pharisees, as a sect.
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Phar`i·sa'ism noun [ Confer French
pharisaisme .]
1. The notions, doctrines, and conduct of the Pharisees, as a sect.
Sharp. 2. Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of ...
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The most characteristic type of Palestinian Judaism at the time of Christ. This group is to be thought of as the remnant of the traditional culture of the ancient Hebrews. Scorched by the memory of the long struggle between their fathers' and other cultures which resulted in the unhappy Captivity, these descendants took on a more militant national....
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