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Pharisee

Pharisee Definition And Meaning
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"isee\ (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.

Pharisee Definition And Meaning

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

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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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