pharisaic

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And Lily, whose clamour has been far in excess of her brother's, chimes in with pharisaic officiousness, 'Nonsense, Franky! do not be naughty!

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

Thus, then, my mother now, commanding that hideous deed with a mind at peace in pharisaic self-righteousness.

From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Sabatini, Rafael

When the teaching of the sermon and the parables is compared with Jesus' self-assertion in his replies to pharisaic criticism and blasphemy, the difference is striking.

From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rhees, Rush

Ah—what hitherto hidden spots of self-conceit, vanity, pharisaic pride, that bitter trial laid bare, or seemed to lay, till she learned to thank her unseen Guide even for it!

From Two Years Ago, Volume II. by Kingsley, Charles

Recently our official press has been flooded by authoritative and pharisaic exhortations to soldiers' wives that they must, for God's sake, not complain so much about the scarcity of food.

From The Future Belongs to the People by Liebknecht, Karl Paul August Friedrich