"Pharisee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɛɹɪsiː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɛɹɪsi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pharisee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Pharisees [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪsi Etymology: From Latin Pharisaeus, from Ancient Greek Φαρισαῖος (Pharisaîos), a transliteration of Aramaic פְּרִישַׁיָּא (pərîšayyâ’), emphatic plural of פְּרִישׁ (pərîš, “separatist”, literally “separated”), related to Hebrew פרוש (parush), qal passive participle of the verb פָּרַשׁ (pāraš), meaning one who is separated for a life of purity. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Pharisaeus}} Latin Pharisaeus, {{der|en|grc|Φαρισαῖος}} Ancient Greek Φαρισαῖος (Pharisaîos), {{der|en|arc|פְּרִישַׁיָּא||tr=pərîšayyâ’}} Aramaic פְּרִישַׁיָּא (pərîšayyâ’), {{m|arc|פְּרִישׁ||separatist|lit=separated|tr=pərîš}} פְּרִישׁ (pərîš, “separatist”, literally “separated”), {{cog|he|פרוש|tr=parush}} Hebrew פרוש (parush), {{m|he|פָּרַשׁ|tr=pāraš}} פָּרַשׁ (pāraš) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pharisee (plural Pharisees)
  1. (historical) A member of an ancient Jewish political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 B.C.E.–70 C.E.). The movement was ultimately the basis for most contemporary forms of Judaism. Tags: historical Translations (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc): 𐕢𐔰𐕙𐔼𐕚𐔰 (parisa) (Aghwan), Φαρισαῖος (Pharisaîos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), فَرِّيسِيّ (farrīsiyy) (Arabic), ܦܪܝܫܐ [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), փարիսեցի (pʻarisecʻi) (Armenian), ܦܪܝܼܫܵܐ (prīšā) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), фарисей (farisej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fariseu [masculine] (Catalan), 法利賽人 (Chinese Cantonese), 法利赛人 (faat³ lei⁶ coi¹ jan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 法利塞人 (faat³ lei⁶ coi³ jan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 法利賽人 (Chinese Mandarin), 法利赛人 (Fǎlìsàirén) (Chinese Mandarin), 法利塞人 (Fǎlìsàirén) (Chinese Mandarin), farisæer [common-gender] (Danish), farizeeër [masculine] (Dutch), fariseo (Esperanto), fariseari [masculine] (Faroese), fariseus (Finnish), pharisien [masculine] (French), Pharisäer [masculine] (German), Pharisäerin [feminine] (German), 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 (fareisaius) [masculine] (Gothic), Φαρισαίος (Farisaíos) [masculine] (Greek), farisiiari (Greenlandic), farizyen (Haitian Creole), פָּרוּשׁ (parúsh) (Hebrew), farizeus (Hungarian), Fairisíneach [masculine] (Irish), fariseo [masculine] (Italian), パリサイ人 (parisai-bito) (Japanese), ファリサイ派 (farisai-ha) (Japanese), Pharī̆saeus [masculine] (Latin), omfarisayo (Luhya), фарисеј (farisej) [masculine] (Macedonian), Farisi (Malay), Parihī (Maori), Farisäa [masculine] (Plautdietsch), fariseu [masculine] (Portuguese), fariseu [masculine] (Romanian), фарисе́й (fariséj) [masculine] (Russian), fariseo [masculine] (Spanish), farisayo (Swahili), farisé [common-gender] (Swedish), farisetan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hifarisetan [masculine] (Volapük), jifarisetan [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-Pharisee-en-noun-1rfCRPfy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc': 96 4
  2. (figuratively, by extension; derogatory) A person who values the letter of the law over its spirit or intention. Tags: broadly, derogatory, figuratively Translations (person who values form over content): փարիսեցի (pʻarisecʻi) (Armenian), fariseus (Finnish), farisealainen (Finnish), Φαρισαίος (Farisaíos) [masculine] (Greek), fariseu (Portuguese), fariseu [masculine] (Romanian), фарисе́й (fariséj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Pharisee-en-noun-EAQw72SA Disambiguation of 'person who values form over content': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pharisaic, pharisaical, pharisaically, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, Pharisaism, Phariseeism, Pharisee-like Coordinate_terms: Sadducee, Essene

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ht",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "parúsh",
          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
          "word": "פָּרוּשׁ"
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          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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          "roman": "parisai-bito",
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          "word": "パリサイ人"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "farisai-ha",
          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
          "word": "ファリサイ派"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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          "word": "Pharī̆saeus"
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          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
          "word": "omfarisayo"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "farisej",
          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "фарисеј"
        },
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
          "word": "Farisi"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
          "word": "Parihī"
        },
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          ],
          "word": "Farisäa"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fariseu"
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          "word": "fariseu"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fariséj",
          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фарисе́й"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fariseo"
        },
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          "code": "sw",
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          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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        },
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          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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          "ref": "c. 1870, Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening",
          "text": "The spider fattens himself on flies, and the Pharisee has his reward. Foolish persons are easily entrapped by the loud professions of pretenders, and even the more judicious cannot always escape.",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, by extension; derogatory) A person who values the letter of the law over its spirit or intention."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "derogatory",
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          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pʻarisecʻi",
          "sense": "person who values form over content",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "code": "xag",
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      "roman": "parisa",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "𐕢𐔰𐕙𐔼𐕚𐔰"
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      "word": "فَرِّيسِيّ"
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      ],
      "word": "ܦܪܝܼܫܵܐ"
    },
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      "word": "ܦܪܝܫܐ"
    },
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      "word": "փարիսեցի"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "法利賽人"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "faat³ lei⁶ coi¹ jan⁴",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "法利赛人"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "faat³ lei⁶ coi³ jan⁴",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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      "roman": "Fǎlìsàirén",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "法利赛人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Fǎlìsàirén",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "法利塞人"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "farisæer"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "farizeeër"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "fariseo"
    },
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fariseari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "fariseus"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pharisien"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pharisäer"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "Pharisäerin"
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      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "Farisaíos",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "פָּרוּשׁ"
    },
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      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "farizeus"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fairisíneach"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "fariseo"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
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    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "farisai-ha",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "ファリサイ派"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pharī̆saeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "omfarisayo"
    },
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      "roman": "farisej",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "фарисеј"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "Farisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "Parihī"
    },
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      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Farisäa"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fariseu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fariseu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fariséj",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фарисе́й"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fariseo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "word": "farisayo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "farisé"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "farisetan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hifarisetan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jifarisetan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻarisecʻi",
      "sense": "person who values form over content",
      "word": "փարիսեցի"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who values form over content",
      "word": "fariseus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who values form over content",
      "word": "farisealainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Farisaíos",
      "sense": "person who values form over content",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Φαρισαίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who values form over content",
      "word": "fariseu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who values form over content",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fariseu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fariséj",
      "sense": "person who values form over content",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фарисе́й"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Pharisee"
  ],
  "word": "Pharisee"
}

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