Pharisee
11Pharisee and the Publican — The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican is a parable told by Jesus in the gospel of Luke. In it, a Pharisee, grateful for his own virtue, is judged lower than a tax collector who is ashamed of his own sin. The lesson teaches the value of… …
12pharisee — noun Etymology: Middle English pharise, from Old English farise, from Late Latin pharisaeus, from Greek pharisaios, from Aramaic pĕrīshayyā, plural of pĕrīshā, literally, separated Date: before 12th century 1. capitalized a member of a Jewish… …
13Pharisee — /far euh see /, n. 1. a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century B.C. and 1st century A.D. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws… …
14pharisee — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fraud, faker, dissembler; see bigot , hypocrite …
15Pharisee — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who practices hypocrisy: hypocrite, phony, tartuffe. See HONEST …
16Pharisee — Phar|i|see [ˈfærısi:] n [Date: 800 900; : Late Latin; Origin: pharisaeus, from Greek, from Aramaic perishayya separated ones ] 1.) the Pharisees [plural] a group of Jews who lived at the time of Christ and who believed in strictly obeying… …
17Pharisee — [[t]fæ̱rɪsiː[/t]] Pharisees N PROPER PLURAL The Pharisees were a group of Jews, mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible, who believed in strictly obeying the laws of Judaism …
18pharisee — Phar·i·see || færɪsiË n. hypocrite, self righteous person …
19Pharisee — A member of a Jewish religious party which existed in the time of Jesus Christ. Pharisees stressed the oral interpretation of the written law of Moses …
20Pharisee — [ farɪsi:] noun 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. Derivatives Pharisaic ˌfarɪ… …
