pharisaism
Example Sentences
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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
There has been a great deal of what I have called philosophic pharisaism.
From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney
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 is at least no superiority in their outlook, no pharisaism.
From Change in the Village by Sturt, George
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