A Pharisee
<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">1.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">member</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">Jewish</span> <span class="oneClick-link">sect</span> <span class="oneClick-link">that</span> <span class="oneClick-link">flourished</span> <span class="oneClick-link">during</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">1st</span> <span class="oneClick-link">century</span> <span class="oneClick-link">b.c.</span><span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">1st</span> <span class="oneClick-link">century</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a.d.</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">that</span> <span class="oneClick-link">differed</span> <span class="oneClick-link">from</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">Sadducees</span> <span class="oneClick-link">chiefly</span> <span class="oneClick-link">in</span><span class="oneClick-link">its</span> <span class="oneClick-link">strict</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">observance</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">religious</span> <span class="oneClick-link">ceremonies</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">practices,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">adherence</span><span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">oral</span> <span class="oneClick-link">laws</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">traditions,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">belief</span> <span class="oneClick-link">in</span> <span class="oneClick-link">an</span> <span class="oneClick-link">afterlife</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">coming</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span><span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">Messiah.</span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">2.</span></span>
<div class="def-content">(<span class="dbox-italic"><span class="oneClick-link">lowercase</span></span>) <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">sanctimonious,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">self-righteous,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">hypocritical</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">person.</span></div>
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