pharisaic
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Hence Jesus unfolds its positive content by bringing into prominence the virtues of the godly character as opposed to the pharisaic vices.
From Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Archibald B. C. Alexander
They chose for this mission priests and Levites of pharisaic leaning as most influential among the people.
From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rush Rhees
For the pharisaic scholars this was a favorite problem.
From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rush Rhees
The historian, however, must put aside these rather pharisaic prejudices, and give Seneca the position as a moral teacher which his writings have won in ages not less earnest than ours.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
What if chickens gaggle, pharisaic goats piously turn up their eyes, and the dear little piggies grunt!
From Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature by Emma Goldman
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