pharisee
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1. a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions (noun.person)
| instance hyponym | : | flavius josephus, joseph ben matthias, josephus, |
| definition | : | Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100) (noun.person) |
2. a self-righteous or sanctimonious person (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | disagreeable person, unpleasant person, |
| definition | : | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous, |
| definition | : | excessively or hypocritically pious (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous, |
| definition | : | excessively or hypocritically pious (adj.all) |
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