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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Phar·i·sa·ic Phar·i·sa·ic·al a.
 1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. “The Pharisaic sect among the Jews.”
 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.