Pharisee

Phar″i‐see (făr″ĭ‐sē), n. [L. Pharisaeus, Gr. Φαρισαι̑οσ, from Heb. pārash to separate.] One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews.