pharisee

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Nicodemus, a night professor, and Simon the pharisee, with his fifty pence; and their great ignorance of the methods of grace, we have now and then touched upon.

From The Jerusalem Sinner Saved; or, Good News for the Vilest of Men by Bunyan, John

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

From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec

But you and I, and every pharisee, publican, and sinner in the world, are equally the children of God to begin with.

From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George

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 London, Jack

Therefore when the chairman announced the advent of the teams, another pharisee mentioned, that the waiting committee had not yet spoken and the chairman said, that they should speak.

From Secret Enemies of True Republicanism by Smolnikar, Andrew B.