pharisaism

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Was this change wrought by the ascetic habits of a pharisaism which is not piety any more than avarice is economy?

From A Second Home by Balzac, Honoré de

The reign of the Commonwealth had not been, remarkable for its virtue, though it had been notable for its pharisaism.

From Royalty Restored by Molloy, J. Fitzgerald (Joseph Fitzgerald)

There came from the doorway a girl who was lifted above the pharisaism of clothes into the purer ether.

From Jewel Weed by Fisher, Harrison

Such frankness tends to destroy "sympathetic interest," to make delusion and illusion impossible; it gives cynicism and his brother, pharisaism, their opportunity to simper and to sneer.

From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by Phillips, David Graham

Perhaps it would be better called aeonic pharisaism.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney