pharisee
Example Sentences
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“Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a pharisee, the other a publican.”
From Caleb in the Country by Jacob Abbott
The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:— Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!
From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by William Hazlitt
He, too, had taken the part of the lowly and oppressed, and against all the established power of priest and pharisee.
From The Iron Heel by Jack London
His father was a Jew, a pharisee, and a man of respectable social position.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets by John Lord
He was not, however, a hypocrite or a pharisee, but was simply indifferent to religious dogmas, and secretly averse to the society of priests.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen by John Lord
