Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pharisaic \Phar`i*sa"ic\ (f[a^]r`[i^]*s[=a]"[i^]k), Pharisaical
\Phar`i*sa"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [L. Pharisaicus, Gr.
   Farisai:ko`s: cf. F. pharisa["i]que. See {Pharisee}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the
      Pharisees. ``The Pharisaic sect among the Jews.''
      --Cudworth.

   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.