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Pharisaic

ADJ เคร่ง ระเบียบ  เคร่ง ศาสนา  krang-ra-biab

 

Pharisaical

ADJ เคร่ง ระเบียบ  เคร่ง ศาสนา  krang-ra-biab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHARISAICICAL

a.[from Pharisee. ] Pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees, a sect among the Jews, distinguished by their zeal for the traditions of the elders, and by their exact observance of these traditions and the ritual law. Hence pharisaic denotes addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; as pharisaic holiness.

 

PHARISAICALNESS

n.Devotion to external rites and ceremonies; external show of religion without the spirit of it.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHARISAIC; PHARISAICAL

Phar `i *sa "ic, Phar `i *sa "ic *al, a. Etym: [L. Pharisaicus, Gr. pharisaïque. See Pharisee. ]

 

1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. "The Pharisaic sect among the Jews." Cudworth.

 

2. Hence: Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. "Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness. " Bacon. "Pharisaical ostentation. " Macaulay. -- Phar `i *sa "ic *al *ly, adv. -- Phar `i *sa "ic *al *ness, n.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

Pharisaic

Pharisaic adjective a mean-spirited, Pharisaic bunch of suburbanites: self-righteous, sanctimonious, Pharisaical, holier-than-thou, pietistic, moralizing, priggish, self-satisfied, smug, hypocritical, insincere, Pecksniffian, canting; Scottish unco guid; informal preachy, goody-goody.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Pharisaic

Phar i sa ic -i cal /fæ̀rɪséɪɪk //-ɪk (ə )l /形容詞 1 パリサイ人の ; パリサイ人的な .2 〖通例p -〗形式偏重の ; 独善の ; 偽善の .