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Webster 1913 Edition

Pharisee

Phar′i-see

(făr′ĭ-sē)
,
Noun.
[L.
Pharisaeus
, Gr.
Φαρισαῖος
, from Heb.
pārash
to separate.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pharisee

PHAR'ISEE

,
Noun.
[Heb. to separate.] One of a sect among the Jews, whose religion consisted in a strict observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders,and whose pretended holiness led them to separate themselves as a sect, considering themselves as more righteous than other Jews.

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