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Sadducee

(saj′o̵o sē′, sad′yo̵o-)

noun

a member of an ancient Jewish party, representing the ruling hierarchy, that accepted only the written law and rejected the oral, or traditional, law

Origin: ME Saducei < OE Sadduce < LL(Ec) Sadducaeus < Gr(Ec) Saddoukaios < Heb tsadoki, prob. < tsadok, Zadok: see Ezek. 40:46

Related Forms:

Sadducean adjective

See Sadducee in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English Saducee

Origin: , from Old English Sadducēas, Sadducees

Origin: , from Late Latin Sadducaeī

Origin: , from Greek Saddoukaioi

Origin: , from Mishnaic Hebrew ṣədûqî

Origin: , after ṣādôq, Zadok, high priest in the time of David and Solomon

Origin: , from ṣādôq, just, righteous

Origin: , from ṣādaq, to be just; see ṣdq in Semitic roots

Related Forms:

Sadˌdu·ceˈan (-sēˈən) adjective

Sadˌdu·ceeˈism noun

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