Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as pharisaic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Following the practice of Pharisees; Pharisaic.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Following the practice of Pharisees; pharisaic.

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  • I don't want to sound too pharisean, but I - besides being male - am maybe a better role model for these "inworld business people" than the stereotypical Open Source advocate you are describing.

    The sky is NOT falling because of CopyBot ... - SLOG 2006

  • I don't want to sound too pharisean, but I - besides being male - am maybe a better role model for these "inworld business people" than the stereotypical Open Source advocate you are describing.

    Archive 2006-11-01 2006

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