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pharisean

pharisean adjective: following the practice of Pharisees; pharisaic.

Adjective (1)

pharisean (comparative more pharisean, superlative most pharisean)

  1. (dated) Following the practice of Pharisees; pharisaic.
    • Pharisean disciples1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC

Noun capitalized: Pharisean

Pharisean (plural Phariseans)

  1. (dated) A Pharisee.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Pharisean

Pharisean (comparative more Pharisean, superlative most Pharisean)

  1. (dated) Alternative letter-case form of pharisean.

Forms of pharisean

Adjective
comparativemore pharisean
superlativemost pharisean
alternative formPharisean
comparativemore Pharisean
superlativemost Pharisean
Noun
pluralPhariseans
alternative formPharisaean
alternative formPharisæan

Questions about pharisean

What does pharisean mean?
Pharisean means following the practice of Pharisees; pharisaic.
What part of speech is pharisean?
Pharisean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pharisean in the dictionary

  1. pharisaicism
  2. pharisaism
  3. pharisaisms
  4. pharisaist
  5. pharisaists
  6. pharisean
  7. Phariseans
  8. Pharisee
  9. Pharisee-like
  10. Phariseeism
  11. Phariseeisms

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