pharisaic

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A majority of American Jews today are unaffiliated with the synagogues the Pharisaic rabbis emphasized, and yet 79 percent report feeling "very positive" about being Jewish.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2012

Promptly, John Hyrcanus switched his favor to the pro-Hellenistic Sadducees and the Pharisaic observances were forbidden.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet there was nothing Pharisaic about his speech or bearing.

From The Bishop's Secret by Hume, Fergus

The Pharisaic view of his time is undoubtedly given, that the canon was then complete and sacred.

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel

Here they are leagued with the Sadducees, and are the declared foes of the Pharisaic party.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various