Phār'i-see, n.

n. [Lat. Pharisaeus, pl. Pharisaei, Gr. φαρισαῖος, pl. φαρισαῖοι, Fr. Pharisien, Heb. Pā-rāsh, pl. Pārūshīm, from pārash, to separate.] One of a sect among the Jews, noted for a strict observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretended holiness led them to separate themselves from the other Jews.