Middle English Dictionary Entry
pharisẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pharisẹ̄ n. Also -sei, -seu, -su, -sen(e, pharesẹ̄, -seie, pharasẹ̄, -sie, -zene, farisẹ̄, -seu, -zeu & (?error) phirise; pl. pharises, etc. & pharisewes, farisewes & pharisen & pharisei & pharisens, farisens & (error) pharasittes. |
| Etymology | L pharisaeus & OE; cp. farisēas pl. Mat. 15.12 (Farman), farisēa pl. gen. Mat. 5.20 (Ibid.), fariseum pl. dat. Luke 11.43 (Corpus MS); ult. Aram. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A member of a Jewish sect, a Pharisee; (b) pharises and princes [cp. OE ældormenn: pharisaei]; ~ and scribe; scribe and ~; ~ and publican; publican and ~; jeu and ~; ~ and sarasin; son of pharises (a pharise); (c) the Pharisaic sect.
Associated quotations
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)16862 : Farisew bitacneþþ uss Shædinng onn Ennglissh spæche.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19620 : Te Farisewess Himm haffdenn niþ & wraþþe onnȝæn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19627 : Þa Farisewwess haffdenn sket Off Cristess dedess fraȝȝnedd.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)168/23 : Schrift ah to beon eadmod as þe puplicanes wes, nawt as þe phariseus [Nero: pharisewus] wes.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)175/13 : Zuyche weren þe farizeus of þe godspelle.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 11.43 : Woo to ȝou, Pharisees, that louen the firste chaieris in synagogis.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 16.14 : Farisees..weren coueytouse.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 18.11 : The Farise [WB(2): Farisee] stondinge, praiede anentis him silf.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 23.9 : Summe of Pharisees [Wycl.Concord.: pharesees]..fouȝten.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 26.5 : I lyuede a Farisee [Wycl.Concord.: pharesee].
- (c1390) Chart.Abbey HG (LdMisc 210)355 : Þe phariseus brouȝten to hym a woman þat was founden in bed wiþ anoþer man þan here hosebounde.
- (c1390) Chart.Abbey HG (LdMisc 210)355 : He..wrot..alle þe synnes þat euere hadden þe pharaseus donn.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.504 : Symon the Pharisee [vrr. Phareseie, phiryse] grucched agayn the Magdeleyne whan she approched to Iesu Crist.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)11645 : Do nat as þe pharysu, Preyde God aȝens hys pru.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13577 : Þai..ledd him to þe phariseus [Trin-C: pharisewes], þat maisters o þat lau war þan.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13588 : Þaa phariseus [Göt: pharaseus]..war ful fell.
- a1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)139/32 : Þe Phariseu was a man of Religioun & clerk.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)Mat.5.20 : But if ȝoure ryȝtewysnes habounde more þan of þese wyse men of þe lawe & of þe Pharyseus, ȝe schal not entre in-to þe kyngdom of heuene.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)56/251 : Byside þan stode a pharisew Omang þam all a mekill schrew.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.223 : Cunne we wel Goddis lawe, and loke wher Fariseis grounden hem in it.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.36 : For as þer weren in Cristis tyme Essey, Saducey, and Pharisey, so þer ben now in oure tyme, freris, chanons, and monkis.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 23.6 : One partye..was of þo Pharisens, ande an-oþer of þo Saducens.
- c1425 Evang.(BodAdd C.38)1043 : Þe pharisens..seide he was worþi to dye.
- c1440 HBk.GDei (Thrn:Horstmann)319 : Of this pharazene sayse saynt Gregore: 'Loo so many gud dedis are loste thurgh a syne.'
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)155/14 : Þe Pharisev..fell downe on ys knees a-monge all þe pepull oponly.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)114b : Þe prynces of preostes and maystres of þe lawe and þe pharasyes and þe Busshopes of þe Iuwes helde him for envye.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)9/284 : The pharysewys ffalsed..Cryst to convycte.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.201 : Þe Pharisen spac to mychil in his preyere, for he spac al with pryde.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.321 : Þe phariseys..wern men of religion þat tyme.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)235/116 : Thou shalt with us come on this waye and to the Pharasyes [vr. Pharasittes] these wordes saye.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)547 : Beþ nouȝt þise i-lyke Fully to þe Farisens?
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- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)62 : Þe Iewes gert to-gyder call þe Pharisews [vr. pharezenes] and Prynces all.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 23.6 : I am a Pharise, the sone of Pharisees [WB(2): Farisee..Farisees; Wycl.Concord.: pharesee..a pharise].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.305 : For Pompe and for beyete The Scribe and ek the Pharisee Of Moises..In the chaiere on hyh ben set.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.594 : Pharesewes [vrr. farisewes, pharasees] and sarasenes, Scribes & Grekis Aren folke of on faith.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)2173 : Þe Iewys & pharaseus..Als þai war mad men all þai farde.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)134/5 : Þe Iewis maden faire þe toumbis of þise..scribis & pharisees.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6893 : Uppon the chaire of Moyses..Sitte Scribes and Pharisen..the cursid men Whiche that we ypocritis calle.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 23.6 : I am a Pharisene, þo sone of a Pharisene.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)155/12 : Þer com a Pharisew and a pupplicane in-to þe tempull.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)7957 : A pubplycan And a pharise also Kam to the temple.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)202/65 : Herke, sere pharysew and sere scrybe.
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- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)365/27 : A-mong men of pharise þat luþere weren he cam.