pharisee
Example Sentences
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This temper, and its opposite, are exemplified in the pharisee and publican, who went up to the temple to pray.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Andrew Lee
I am distinctly aware, moreover, that the old quarrel of sinner and pharisee has something to do with the matter.
From Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James
There was Rogers puffed out with pride; Christy, pharisee and humbug, superbly satisfied with himself.
From The Loom of Youth by Alec Waugh
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 Hosea Ballou
When about leaving it, a pharisee through pure curiosity invited him to dinner.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach
