pharisee

Noun
  1. A self-righteous or sanctimonious person (synset 110441084)
    is a type of: disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
  2. A member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions (synset 110440928)
    is a type of: hebrew, israelite, jew - a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
    specific instances: flavius josephus, joseph ben matthias, josephus - Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)

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