Usually means: Strict adherence to external rituals.
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  1. pharisaism: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Pharisaism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pharisaism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Pharisaism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Pharisaism, pharisaism: Wordnik
  6. Pharisaism, pharisaism: Wiktionary
  7. Pharisaism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. pharisaism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Pharisaism: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Pharisaism: Dictionary.com
  11. Pharisaism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Pharisaism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. pharisaism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Pharisaism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. pharisaism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pharisaism)

noun:  The doctrines and practices, or the character and spirit, of the Pharisees.
noun:  (chiefly Christianity) Rigid observance of external forms of religion without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of pharisaism. [The doctrines and practices, or the character and spirit, of the Pharisees.]

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