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Word: pharisee (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • A member of a political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 BCE?70 CE). The movement was ultimately the basis for most contemporary forms of Judaism.
  • idiomatic A person who values the letter of the law over the spirit or intention of the law.

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