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Definition of Pharisaisms
1. pharisaism [n] - See also: pharisaism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pharisaisms
Literary usage of Pharisaisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1905)
"It is a passionate outcry against the wrongs, t lie cruelties, the pharisaisms
of our present civil- iz' non. ..."
2. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1883)
"The Pharisaism of race becomes an element of character, when, like all other
pharisaisms, it should be cast out. Better even than knowledge is a kindly ..."
3. The Life and Work of St. Paul by Frederic William Farrar (1902)
"... or the servile pharisaisms of Galatia. Clearly he is not here dealing with
any special dissensions, heresies, or attacks on his authority.1 The very ..."
4. Life of W. M. Thackeray by Herman Charles Merivale, Frank Thomas Marzials (1891)
"On the other hand, how delightful the consistent development of that idle-industrious
mind, and the dear little domestic pharisaisms that all nice boys ..."
5. Mr. George Jean Nathan Presents by George Jean Nathan (1917)
"... in the Winter Garden, I answer you that the theory is, truth to tell, very
catchy, but that, further than this, it is of the juiciest of pharisaisms. ..."
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