Sadducee noun. ['sadjʊsi:] OE.
[Late Latin Sadducaeus from late Greek Saddoukaios from post-biblical Hebrew ěūqī from the personal name āōq Zadok.]
1. Hist. A member of a Jewish sect in the time of Jesus, which denied the resurrection of the dead, the existence of angels, and the authority of the traditional Mosaic oral law. OE.

2. transf. A materialist; Theology a person who denies the resurrection. rare. L17.

■ Sadduceeism noun (a) the doctrine or beliefs of the Sadducees; (b) the materialistic scepticism and denial of immortality considered as characteristic of the Sadducees: M17.

■ Sadducism noun [mod. Latin Sadducismus] = Sadduceeism M17-L18.

■ Sadducize verb intrans. (rare) hold the doctrines of the Sadducees E18.

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