pharisaism

Example Sentences

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These expressions of unctuous pharisaism are coldly received by the French, who ask no favours but claim justice.

From The Tragedy of St. Helena by Runciman, Walter

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

It has been a terrible blow to the pharisaism of which I have just spoken.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

There was a blaze of brutal pharisaism that put a bar-sinister across any claim to gentlemanliness on the part of the majority.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price

There is at least no superiority in their outlook, no pharisaism.

From Change in the Village by Sturt, George