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Pharisæans
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Pharisaeans
English
Noun
en noun form
en Pharisæan
en 1893 M. Gaster Transactions of the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists II 4 http://books.google.com/books?id=0RTgAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=PA4 Considering that the Pharisæans represented the popular party, and that the legal prescriptions, liturgical forms and ceremonies are mostly institutions fixed by them, one part of the mystery is cleared up.