pharisaism

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Here she stopped short in the full swing of pharisaism, smiled at herself in dismal self- mockery.

From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by Phillips, David Graham

But pharisaism diagnosed the disease of the age differently, and insisted that the observance of the Law was the best prophylactic against disease.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means

Such frankness tends to destroy "sympathetic interest," to make delusion and illusion impossible; it gives cynicism and his brother, pharisaism, their opportunity to simper and to sneer.

From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by Phillips, David Graham

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)

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

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney