| 单词 | Pharisaic |
| 释义 | Pharisaic, a.|færɪˈseɪɪk|
[ad. L. Pharisaïc-us (Jerome), a. Gr. ϕαρισαϊκ-ός, f. ϕαρισαῖ-ος: see Pharisee and -ic. Cf. F. Pharisaïque (Calvin).]
1. Of or belonging to the Pharisees.
1643Milton Divorce ii. vi, He..removes the Pharisaick mists rais'd between the Law and the peoples eyes. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. i. §4. 6 The Pharisaick Sect amongst the Jews. 1879C. Geikie Christ 22 The bitterest persecutions of the Pharisaic party.
2. Resembling the Pharisees in being strict in doctrine and ritual, without the spirit of piety; laying great stress upon the external observances of religion and outward show of morality, and assuming superiority on that account; hypocritical; formal; self-righteous.
The particular connotation varies according as one or other of the aspects in which the Pharisees appear in the Gospels is emphasized; the present tendency being to emphasize that of self-righteousness.
a1618Sylvester Alls not gold xxiv, Wee are so Punctuall and Precise In Doctrine (Pharisaik-wise). 1771Fletcher Checks Wks. 1795 II. 13 He sets up pharisaic self, instead of Christ. 1795Southey Soldier's Funeral 56 O my God! I thank thee, with no Pharisaic pride I thank thee, that I am not such as these. 1884Congregational Year Bk. 86 There is something worse than Pharisaic respectability. There is Pharisaic vice. |
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