ALL meanings of pharisee
Phar·i·see
P p - noun pharisee sanctimonious person 1
- noun pharisee 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 and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah. 1
- noun pharisee (lowercase) a sanctimonious, self-righteous, or hypocritical person. 1
- pluralproper noun pharisee The Pharisees were a group of Jews, mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible, who believed in strictly obeying the laws of Judaism. 0
- noun pharisee a member of an ancient Jewish sect that was opposed to the Sadducees, teaching strict observance of Jewish tradition as interpreted rabbinically and believing in life after death and in the coming of the Messiah 0
- noun pharisee a self-righteous or hypocritical person 0
- noun pharisee a member of an ancient Jewish group that carefully observed the written law but also accepted the oral, or traditional, law, advocated democratization of religious practices, etc. 0
- noun pharisee a pharisaic person 0