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Pharisæans

Pharisæans

See also: Pharisaeans

English

Noun

Pharisæans

  1. plural of Pharisæan
    • 1893, M. Gaster, Transactions of the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists, volume II, page 4:
      Considering that the Pharisæans represented the popular party, and that the legal prescriptions, liturgical forms and ceremonies are mostly institutions fixed by them, one part of the mystery is cleared up.