Answer: pharisees

AnswerCrossword Clue
PHARISEESSect condemned by Jesus
PHARISEESOpponents of the Sadducees.
PHARISEESPious frauds
PHARISEESScholarly sect of yore
PHARISEESSect opposed to the Sadducees
PHARISEESGroup attacked by John the Baptist
PHARISEESGroup whose name comes from the Hebrew for "deviants"
phariseesPHARISEE, a hypocritically self-righteous person