Pharisee

far′i-sē, n. one of a religious school among the Jews, marked by their strict observance of the law and of religious ordinances: any one more careful of the outward forms than of the spirit of religion, a formalist.— adjs. Pharisā′ic , -al , pertaining to, or like, the Pharisees: hypocritical.— adv. Pharisā′ically .— ns. Pharisā′icalne ; Phar′isāism , Phar′iseeism , the practice and opinions of the Pharisees: strict observance of outward forms in religion without the spirit of it: hypocrisy. [Late L. pharisæus —Gr. pharisaios —Heb. pārūsh , separated from, parash , to separate.]