PHARISEES

Noun

Pharisees

plural of Pharisee

Coordinate terms

• Sadducees

• Essenes

Anagrams

• apheresis

Source: Wiktionary


PHARISEE

Phar"i*see, n. Etym: [L. Pharisaeus, Gr. parash to separate.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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