pharisaism

Example Sentences

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To do the former, and not to do the latter, is pharisaism and hypocrisy, whereas the latter includes the former.

From The Way of Peace by Allen, James

Frederick Robertson of Brighton once said, "Hate hypocrisy, hate cant, hate intolerance, hate oppression, hate injustice, hate pharisaism, hate them as Christ hated them, with a deep, living, Godlike hatred."

From General Gordon A Christian Hero by Churchill, Seton

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

His terrible denunciation and enumeration of evil indicate a very lax morality in every quarter, added to hypocrisy and pharisaism.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets by Lord, John

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

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney