pharisee

Meaning of pharisee

noun

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.

Old English fariseus, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek Pharisaios, from Aramaic prīšayyā ‘separated ones’ (related to Hebrew pārūš ‘separated’).

Information about pharisee

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of pharisee is: pharisees.
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Hyphenation of pharisee

phar-isee

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • pharisee is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

pharisee synonyms

Meaning Pharisee:

Pharisee

Anagrams of pharisee

Hesperia

Words that rhyme with pharisee

appraisee, daisee, franchisee, Elisee, pullisee, promisee, croisee, Pharisee, advertisee, advisee, devisee, revisee, supervisee

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