Definition of Hypocrites

1. Noun. (plural of hypocrite) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypocrites

1. hypocrite [n] - See also: hypocrite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypocrites

hypocortisolism
hypocotyl
hypocotyls
hypocracy
hypocrateriform
hypocraterimorphous
hypocreales
hypocretin
hypocretins
hypocrisie
hypocrisies
hypocrism
hypocrisy
hypocrite
hypocritely
hypocrites (current term)
hypocritic
hypocritical
hypocritically
hypocrystalline
hypocupraemia
hypocycloid
hypocycloidal
hypocycloids
hypocystotomy
hypocythemia
hypocytosis
hypodactylum
hypodactyly
hypodensities

Literary usage of Hypocrites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practical Works by David Clarkson (1865)
"THE CONVICTION OF hypocrites. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out devils ? and ..."

2. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson (1887)
"AN EXPOSITION OF hypocrites. [The New Covenant. 1654.] ALL the men in the world are divided into two ranks, godly or ungodly, righteous or wicked; ..."

3. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1894)
"ON hypocrites BUT the Scripture frequently uses the same word (hypocrites) in several lower senses, which deserve carefully to be taken notice of; ..."

4. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"But Job, in this chapter, asserts his sincerity and integrity, and shows how different his own behaviour had been from that of hypocrites. ..."

5. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1829)
"hypocrites DEFICIENT IN THE DUTY OF PRAYER. JOB xxvii. 10. ... That it is not the manner of hypocrites to continue always in this duty. ..."

6. English Prose: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers and by Henry Craik (1917)
"(From Sermon on the Practice of Morality leading to the Practice of the Gospel.) ON hypocrites BUT the Scripture frequently uses the ..."

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