pharisaic

adj

1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees.
2. Emphasizing the observance of ritual or practice over the meaning.

   “The church clock strikes the second quarter. / higgins [hearing in it the voice of God, rebuking him for his Pharisaic want of charity for the poor girl] A reminder.”

3. Self-righteous.
4. Involving the total excision of the foreskin (posthetomy), including all or most of the penile frenulum, in addition to milah, periah, and occasionally metzitza.
5. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of pharisaic.