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adjective
- 1. relating to or characteristic of the Pharisees or Pharisaism: "Pharisaic attitudes to the law"
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1. : pharisaical. 2. capitalized : of or relating to the Pharisees. Word History. Etymology. Late Latin pharisaicus, from Late Greek pharisaikos, from Greek pharisaios Pharisee. First Known Use. circa 1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1. Time Traveler. The first known use of pharisaic was circa 1618. See more words from the same year.
adjective. of or relating to the Pharisees. (lowercase) practicing or advocating strict observance of external forms and ceremonies of religion or conduct without regard to the spirit; self-righteous; hypocritical. Pharisaic.
Use the adjective pharisaic to describe a religious person who is smug and judgmental, especially if his actions prove that he's much less holy than he pretends to be. Someone who exaggerates how morally upright or pious she is can be called pharisaic.
Pharisaic in American English. (ˌfærəˈseɪɪk ) adjective. 1. of the Pharisees. 2. [p-] emphasizing or observing the letter but not the spirit of religious law; self-righteous; sanctimonious. 3. [p-] pretending to be highly moral or virtuous without actually being so; hypocritical.
adj. 1. of or pertaining to the Pharisees. 2. ( l.c.) practicing or advocating strict observance of external forms and ceremonies of religion or conduct without regard to the spirit; self-righteous; sanctimonious; hypocritical. [1610–20; < Late Latin Pharīsaicus < Greek Pharīsaikós. See Pharisee, -ic] Phar`i•sa′i•cal•ly, adv.
The Pharisees ( / ˈfærəsiːz /; Hebrew: פְּרוּשִׁים, romanized : Pərūšīm, lit. 'separated ones') were a Jewish social movement and a school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism.
The earliest known use of the adjective Pharisaic is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for Pharisaic is from before 1618, in the writing of Joshua Sylvester, poet and translator. Pharisaic is a borrowing from Latin.
Pretending to be highly moral or virtuous without actually being so; hypocritical. Webster's New World. Emphasizing the observance of ritual or practice over the meaning. Wiktionary. Synonyms: self-righteous. pietistical. holier-than-thou. sanctimonious. pharisaical. two-faced. phony. pecksniffian. hypocritical. Origin of Pharisaic.
Jun 7, 2024 · pharisaic (comparative more pharisaic, superlative most pharisaic) Of or pertaining to the Pharisees. (chiefly Christianity) Emphasizing the observance of ritual or practice over the meaning.
May 17, 2024 · Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious party that flourished in Palestine during the latter part of the Second Temple period (515 bce –70 ce ). The Pharisees’ insistence on the binding force of oral tradition (“the unwritten Torah ”) remains a basic tenet of Jewish theological thought.
