pharisaic
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A woman who has lost the law, believes that her power consists in the charms of her witchery, or in her skill at a pharisaic pretence of intellectual labour.
From What Shall We Do? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
Just in proportion as He offended the pharisaic scribes, so did He inspire with new hope the unhappy classes who were taught to consider themselves castaway.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.
For the radicalism of the time was exclusively, we may say, pharisaic.
From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
The pharisaic doctrine of the resurrection was the corner stone of his system, the beginning, middle and end of his faith, the starting point of his creed.
From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
For the pharisaic scholars this was a favorite problem.
From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rhees, Rush
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