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whited sepulcher

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An evil person who pretends to be holy or good; a hypocrite.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From the simile applied by Jesus to hypocrites as exemplified by some scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 23:27).]

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