Definitions for "Pharisee"
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.
A religious leader of the Jews at the time of Jesus.
one of the four sects of first century CE Judaism, this was a lay movement to revive religious practice and study of the Torah, especially in rural areas, by organizing synagogues; this group believed in angels, the resurrection of the dead, and in interpretation of the Torah in light of the present circumstances.
English for Hebrew Parush pl. Perushim (Greek Pharisaios; Latin Pharisaee)
Keywords:
fairy
A fairy
a Post-Modern product of the empty troughs of the university system