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Pharisee
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What's The Definition Of Pharisee?
[n] a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions
[n] a self-righteous or sanctimonious person Synonyms | Synonyms for Pharisee: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pharisee: affecter | canter | canting hypocrite | dissembler | dissimulator | fair-weather friend | false friend | formalist | Holy Willie | hypocrite | Joseph Surface | lip | lip server | lip worshiper | Mawworm | mealymouth | Pecksniff | Pharisee | phony | pietist | pious fraud | poser | ranter | religionist | religious hypocrite | sanctimonious fraud | sniveler | snuffler | spiritual humbug | summer soldier | Tartuffe | whited sepulcher See Also | disagreeable person | Flavius Josephus | Hebrew | Israelite | Jew | Joseph ben Matthias | Josephus | unpleasant person Pharisee In Webster's Dictionary \Phar"i*see\ (f[a^]r"[i^]*s[=e]), n. [L. Pharisaeus,
Gr. Farisai^os, from Heb. p[=a]rash to separate.]
One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and
formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the
traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior
sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews.
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