noun
Origin: ME pharise < OE fariseus & OFr pharisé, both < LL(Ec) Pharisaeus < Gr(Ec) pharasaios < Aram perishaiya, pl. of perish < Heb parush, orig. adj., separated < root prš, cleave, separate
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English pharise
Origin: , from Old English fariseus
Origin: and from Old French pharise
Origin: , both from Late Latin pharīsaeus
Origin: , from Greek pharīsaios
Origin: , from Aramaic pərišayyā
Origin: , pl. of pəriš, separate
Origin: , from pəraš, to separate; see prš in Semitic roots
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