pharisee
[noun]
Synonyms: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, lip server, Tartuffe, whited sepulcher

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Phar‧i‧see /ˈfærɪsiː/ noun
[Date: 800-900; Language: Late Latin; Origin: pharisaeus, from Greek, from Aramaic perishayya 'separated ones']

1. the Pharisees [plural] a group of Jews who lived at the time of Christ and who believed in strictly obeying religious laws

2. [countable] someone who pretends to be religious or morally good, but who is not sincere
—Pharisaic /ˌfærɪˈseɪ-ɪk◂/ adjective

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