Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHAR'I-SA-ISM
PHAR-I-SA'IC-AL-NESSPHAR-I-SE'AN
PHAR'I-SA-ISM, n.
- The notions, doctrines and conduct of the Pharisees, as a sect.
- Rigid observance of external forms of religion without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion. – Encyc. Milner.
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