pharisaic

Definition of Pharisaic in English :

excessively or hypocritically pious

Example Sentences:
'a sickening sanctimonious smile'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pharisaic

adjective

1. Judaism

of, relating to, or characteristic of the Pharisees or Pharisaism

2. (often not capital)

righteously hypocritical

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

: also ˌphariˈsaical

adj.

1. Pharisaic also Pharisaical Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Pharisees.

2. Hypocritically self-righteous and condemnatory.