pharisee

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This is genuine confidence in the Supreme Ruler, though, to be sure, it has little or no charms for the obstinate stoic, or the conceited pharisee.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 by Kerr, Robert

Sir, where is the similarity of your case with that of the learned pharisee?

From A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation by Ballou, Hosea

The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:— Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob

Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a pharisee, and the other a publican.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

There was Rogers puffed out with pride; Christy, pharisee and humbug, superbly satisfied with himself.

From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec