Sadducee

noun

Sad·​du·​cee ˈsa-jə-ˌsē 

ˈsa-dyə-

: a member of a Jewish party of the intertestamental period consisting of a traditional ruling class of priests and rejecting doctrines not in the Law (such as resurrection, retribution in a future life, and the existence of angels)

Sadduceeism

ˈsa-jə-ˌsē-ˌi-zəm 

ˈsa-dyə-

noun

Word History

Etymology

Middle English saducee, from Old English sadduce, from Late Latin sadducaeus, from Greek saddoukaios, from Late Hebrew ṣāddūqi

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above