Sadducean

Sad·du·cee  (sj-s, sdy-)

n.

A member of a priestly, aristocratic Jewish sect founded in the second century b.c. that accepted only the written Mosaic law and that ceased to exist after the destruction of the Temple in a.d. 70.

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[Middle English Saducee, from Old English Sadducas, Sadducees, from Late Latin Sadducae, from Greek Saddoukaioi, from Mishnaic Hebrew dûqî, after dôq, Zadok, high priest in the time of David and Solomon, from dôq, just, righteous, from daq, to be just; see dq in Semitic roots.]

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Saddu·cean (-sn) adj.

Saddu·ceeism n.

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Adj.

1.

Sadducean - of or relating to the Sadducees