1. (loan) (noun) Pharisee.
Ko te reo tēnei o te tangata e whakaaro ana kāore ōna hara, i pai kē ake ia i ētahi tāngata, arā o te Parihī i te temepara (HKW 6/1898:2). / This is the voice of a person who thinks he has no sins and that he is better than others, namely the Pharisee in the temple.
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