The meaning of Pharisee
Pharisee – definition
nounA 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.
Usage examples:
He asked the jewish leaders, the pharisees and sadducees, to repent from their evil ways.
nounA member of an ancient group of jews, written about in the bible, who believed in obeying religious laws very carefully and separated themselves from the ordinary people
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Word origin
Old English fariseus, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek Pharisaios, from Aramaic prīšayyā ‘separated ones’ (related to Hebrew pārūš ‘separated’).
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