Sadducee

[ saj-uh-see, sad-yuh- ]

/ ˈsædʒ əˌsi, ˈsæd yə- /

noun Judaism.

a member of a Palestinian sect, consisting mainly of priests and aristocrats, that flourished from the 1st century b.c. to the 1st century a.d. and differed from the Pharisees chiefly in its literal interpretation of the Bible, rejection of oral laws and traditions, and denial of an afterlife and the coming of the Messiah.

Origin of Sadducee

before 1000; Middle English sadducees (plural), Old English saddūcēas<Late Latin saddūcaeī<Greek saddoukaîoi<Hebrew ṣədhūqī adherent of Zadok

OTHER WORDS FROM Sadducee

Sad·du·ce·an, adjectiveSad·du·cee·ism, noun

Words nearby Sadducee

saddlesore, saddle stitch, saddle stitching, saddletree, saddo, Sadducee, Sade, Sade, Marquis de, sad-faced, sadhaka, sadhana

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Example sentences from the Web for Sadducee

It is dead no longer; it is terribly alive, for it has had a resurrection which would convert a Sadducee.
Daisy's Aunt|E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
The doctrine of marriage until death, appears to be a Sadducee doctrine, for they denied the resurrection.
Cowley's Talks on Doctrine|Matthias F. Cowley
I will hope, though something of a Sadducee, that there is an angel in their hearts.
A Novelist on Novels|W. L. George
I was quite drawn out to speak to him; I hardly know how, for I had always thought of him as a worldly Sadducee.
Adam Bede|George Eliot

Whereon a certain great divine, and a very clever divine was he, called him a regular Sadducee; and probably he was quite right.
The Water-Babies|Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for Sadducee

Sadducee

/ (ˈsædjʊˌsiː) /

noun

Judaism a member of an ancient Jewish sect that was opposed to the Pharisees, denying the resurrection of the dead, the existence of angels, and the validity of oral tradition

Derived forms of Sadducee

Sadducean, adjectiveSadduceeism, noun

Word Origin for Sadducee

Old English saddūcēas, via Latin and Greek from Late Hebrew sāddūqi, probably from Sadoq Zadok, high priest and supposed founder of the sect

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单词	sadducee
释义	Sadducee [ saj-uh-see, sad-yuh- ] / ˈsædʒ əˌsi, ˈsæd yə- / noun Judaism. a member of a Palestinian sect, consisting mainly of priests and aristocrats, that flourished from the 1st century b.c. to the 1st century a.d. and differed from the Pharisees chiefly in its literal interpretation of the Bible, rejection of oral laws and traditions, and denial of an afterlife and the coming of the Messiah. Origin of Sadducee before 1000; Middle English sadducees (plural), Old English saddūcēas<Late Latin saddūcaeī<Greek saddoukaîoi<Hebrew ṣədhūqī adherent of Zadok OTHER WORDS FROM Sadducee Sad·du·ce·an, adjectiveSad·du·cee·ism, noun Words nearby Sadducee saddlesore, saddle stitch, saddle stitching, saddletree, saddo, Sadducee, Sade, Sade, Marquis de, sad-faced, sadhaka, sadhana Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Sadducee It is dead no longer; it is terribly alive, for it has had a resurrection which would convert a Sadducee. Daisy's Aunt\|E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson The doctrine of marriage until death, appears to be a Sadducee doctrine, for they denied the resurrection. Cowley's Talks on Doctrine\|Matthias F. Cowley I will hope, though something of a Sadducee, that there is an angel in their hearts. A Novelist on Novels\|W. L. George I was quite drawn out to speak to him; I hardly know how, for I had always thought of him as a worldly Sadducee. Adam Bede\|George Eliot Whereon a certain great divine, and a very clever divine was he, called him a regular Sadducee; and probably he was quite right. The Water-Babies\|Charles Kingsley British Dictionary definitions for Sadducee Sadducee / (ˈsædjʊˌsiː) / noun Judaism a member of an ancient Jewish sect that was opposed to the Pharisees, denying the resurrection of the dead, the existence of angels, and the validity of oral tradition Derived forms of Sadducee Sadducean, adjectiveSadduceeism, noun Word Origin for Sadducee Old English saddūcēas, via Latin and Greek from Late Hebrew sāddūqi, probably from Sadoq Zadok, high priest and supposed founder of the sect Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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