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Pharisee

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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pharisee'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pharisee.html. 1828.
 
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