Definitions for Pharisee
ˈfær əˌsiphar·isee

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. phariseenoun

   a self-righteous or sanctimonious person

2. Phariseenoun

   a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Phariseenoun

   A member of a political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 –70 ). The movement was ultimately the basis for most contemporary forms of Judaism.

2. Phariseenoun

   A person who values the letter of the law over the spirit or intention of the law.

3. Etymology: From פרושים (prushim) from פרוש (parush), meaning a "detached" one, a separatist, or one who is separated for a life of purity.

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1. Pharisee

   The Pharisees (; Hebrew: פְּרוּשִׁים, romanized: Pərūšīm) were a Jewish social movement and a school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism. After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, Pharisaic beliefs became the foundational, liturgical, and ritualistic basis for Rabbinic Judaism. Conflicts between Pharisees and Sadducees took place in the context of much broader and longstanding social and religious conflicts among Jews, made worse by the Roman conquest. One conflict was cultural, between those who favored Hellenization (the Sadducees) and those who resisted it (the Pharisees). Another was juridical-religious, between those who emphasized the importance of the Temple with its rites and services, and those who emphasized the importance of other Mosaic Laws. A specifically religious point of conflict involved different interpretations of the Torah and how to apply it to current Jewish life, with Sadducees recognizing only the Written Torah and rejecting Prophets, Writings, and doctrines such as the Oral Torah and the resurrection of the dead. Josephus (c. 37 – c. 100 CE), believed by many historians to have been a Pharisee, estimated the total Pharisee population before the fall of the Second Temple to be around 6,000. He claimed that the Pharisees’ influence over the common people was so great that anything they said against the king or the high priest was believed, apparently in contrast to the more elite Sadducees, who were the upper class. Pharisees claimed Mosaic authority for their interpretation of Jewish religious law, while Sadducees represented the authority of the priestly privileges and prerogatives established since the days of Solomon, when Zadok, their ancestor, officiated as high priest. Pharisees have also been made notable by numerous references to them in the New Testament. While the writers record hostilities between some of the Pharisees and Jesus, there are also several references in the New Testament to Pharisees who believed in him, including Nicodemus, who said it is known Jesus is a teacher sent from God, Joseph of Arimathea, who was his disciple, and an unknown number of "those of the party of the Pharisees who believed", among them the Apostle Paul – a student of Gamaliel, who warned the Sanhedrin that opposing the disciples of Jesus could prove to be tantamount to opposing God – even after becoming an apostle of Jesus Christ.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Phariseenoun

   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

2. Etymology: [L. Pharisaeus, Gr. Farisai^os, from Heb. prash to separate.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pharisee

   far′i-sē, n. one of a religious school among the Jews, marked by their strict observance of the law and of religious ordinances: any one more careful of the outward forms than of the spirit of religion, a formalist.—adjs. Pharisā′ic, -al, pertaining to, or like, the Pharisees: hypocritical.—adv. Pharisā′ically.—ns. Pharisā′icalness; Phar′isāism, Phar′iseeism, the practice and opinions of the Pharisees: strict observance of outward forms in religion without the spirit of it: hypocrisy. [Late L. pharisæus—Gr. pharisaios—Heb. pārūsh, separated from, parash, to separate.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pharisee

   A man with more religion than he knows what to do with.

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1. • Jew
   • Unpleasant Person

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1. hesperia

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pharisee in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pharisee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Pharisee in a Sentence

1. Charlotte Brontë:

   Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pharisee
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pharisee
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharisee
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pharisee
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Pharisee
6. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=Pharisee