HYPOCRITES

Proper noun

Hypocrites

The sixty-third sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Noun

hypocrites

plural of hypocrite

Source: Wiktionary


HYPOCRITE

Hyp"o*crite, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. Hypocrisy.]

Definition: One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety. The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job viii. 13. I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. Shak.

Syn.

– Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See Dissembler.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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