Wondering how to use Pharisee in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as jew or hebrew.
Pharisee meaning
- A member of an ancient Jewish political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 B.C.E.–70 C.E.). The movement was ultimately the basis for most contemporary forms of Judaism.
- A person who values the letter of the law over its spirit or intention.
Using Pharisee
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of an ancient Jewish political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 B.C.E.–70 C.E.). The movement was ultimately the basis for most contemporary forms of Judaism. | A person who values the letter of the law over its spirit or intention.
- Useful related words include: unpleasant person, disagreeable person, jew, hebrew.
- In the example corpus, pharisee often appears in combinations such as: the pharisee, pharisee is.
Context around Pharisee
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pharisee
- In this selection, "pharisee" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, day, stood and sect stand out and add context to how "pharisee" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the pharisee is also and and the pharisee is the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pharisee" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pharisee
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sadly, the Pharisee could only see the sinner. (8 words)
They consider him a Pharisee, but restore his reputation in part as patriot and a historian of some standing. (19 words)
These oral traditions were transmitted by the Pharisee sect of ancient Judaism, and were later recorded in written form and expanded upon by the rabbis. (25 words)
The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is the first day the Lenten Triodion is used (at Vespers or All-Night Vigil on Saturday night), though it is only used for the Sunday services, with nothing pertaining to weekdays or Saturday. (42 words)
The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is also the first day that structural changes (as opposed to simply substituting Lenten hymns for normal hymns from the octoechos or menaion ) are made to the Sunday services. (37 words)
Donald Trump's VaginaI just find it humorous that the Religious Right claims everybody else is intolerant of them, but in retrospect they are more like the modern-day Pharisee. (30 words)
Example sentences (7)
Sadly, the Pharisee could only see the sinner.
Donald Trump's VaginaI just find it humorous that the Religious Right claims everybody else is intolerant of them, but in retrospect they are more like the modern-day Pharisee.
The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
These oral traditions were transmitted by the Pharisee sect of ancient Judaism, and were later recorded in written form and expanded upon by the rabbis.
The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is also the first day that structural changes (as opposed to simply substituting Lenten hymns for normal hymns from the octoechos or menaion ) are made to the Sunday services.
The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is the first day the Lenten Triodion is used (at Vespers or All-Night Vigil on Saturday night), though it is only used for the Sunday services, with nothing pertaining to weekdays or Saturday.
They consider him a Pharisee, but restore his reputation in part as patriot and a historian of some standing.
Common combinations with pharisee
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the pharisee 5×
- pharisee is 2×