Pharisees

a celebrated sect among the ancient Jews; so called, say some, because separated from the rest by the austerity of their life, and by their profe ing a greater degree of holine , and a more religious observation Of the law. Sra aia es This is the import of the word pv» in th¢ Hebrew, or rather Chaldee tongue; hwence formed the Greek Dapioas0oc, and the Latin 265