Pharisee的词源

英文词源

Pharisee (n.)

from Old English Fariseos, Old French pharise (13c.), and directly from Late Latin Pharisæus, from Greek Pharisaios, from Aramaic perishayya, emphatic plural of perish "separated, separatist," corresponding to Hebrew parush, from parash "he separated." Ancient Jewish sect (2c. B.C.E.-1c. C.E.) distinguished by strict observance but regarded as pretentious and self-righteous, at least by Jesus (Matt. xxiii:27). Meaning "self-righteous person, formalist, hypocrite" is attested from 1580s.

中文词源

Pharisee：法利赛人，自恃清高者

严守律法的古犹太教派成员。来自希腊语Pharisaios,来自希伯来语parash,分开的。即分开的教派，与其它教派不同的教派，该教派以严守律法著称，但同时被其它教派认为过于表面，过于做作，因此，引申词义伪善者，自恃清高者。

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