Pharisee
21Pharisee — n hypocrite, humbug, Inf. phony, whit ed sepulcher, Tartuffe, Pecksniff; pietist, pious fraud, a saint abroad and a devil at home (Bunyan); canter, mummer, dissembler, dissimulator, lip server, lip worshipper …
22pharisee — phar·i·see …
23Pharisee — Phar•i•see [[t]ˈfær əˌsi[/t]] n. 1) jud a member of an ancient Jewish sect that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious practices, liberal interpretation of the Bible, and adherence to oral laws and traditions 2) …
24pharisee — A very self righteous person …
25Pharisee — /ˈfærəsi/ (say faruhsee) noun one of an ancient Jewish sect which observed strictly the traditions and the written law, seeking its interpretation, its members attempting self perfection for the coming of the Messiah. {Middle English pharise,… …
26pharisee — n. Jewish religious adherent to ritual formalities; person ostentatiously religious, or self righteous; hypocrite. ♦ pharisaic(al), a. ♦ pharisaism, n …
27Pharisee — n. 1 a member of an ancient Jewish sect, distinguished by strict observance of the traditional and written law, and commonly held to have pretensions to superior sanctity. 2 a self righteous person; a hypocrite. Derivatives: Pharisaic adj.… …
28pharisee — n. 1 a member of an ancient Jewish sect, distinguished by strict observance of the traditional and written law, and commonly held to have pretensions to superior sanctity. 2 a self righteous person; a hypocrite. Derivatives: Pharisaic adj.… …
29ZADOK THE PHARISEE — (early first century C.E.), founder, together with judah the galilean , of the fourth philosophy among the Jews of the late Second Temple period (see sicarii ). This philosophy was, in effect, the theoretical basis and justification of the Jewish …
30Pharisaic — Pharisee ► NOUN 1) a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for their strict observance of the traditional and written law. 2) a self righteous or hypocritical person. DERIVATIVES Pharisaic adjective Pharisaical adjective. ORIGIN Greek Pharisaios …
