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Definition of Sadducee
1. Noun. A member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus; opposed to the Pharisees.
Definition of Sadducee
1. n. One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels.
Definition of Sadducee
1. Proper noun. A member of an ancient Jewish sect possibly formed as a political party in the 2nd century BCE and existed until around the 1st century CE. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sadducee
Literary usage of Sadducee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"This would seem to suggest the idea of a certain aloofness of God, such as
characterized the theology of the sadducee party. Contrast with this the mystic ..."
2. The Legend of Thomas Didymus: The Jewish Sceptic by James Freeman Clarke (1881)
"... A sadducee, AT JERUSALEM, TO SULPICIUS, AN EPICUREAN, AT ROME. THE DREAM O**
PILATE'S WIFE, WRITTEN TO SABINA POPP.EA, HER SISTER, IN HOME. ..."
3. The Holy Land by William Hepworth Dixon (1865)
"Hence, though a sadducee might send a kid to the altar and a shekel to the priest,
in deference to usage, as Socrates sacrificed a fowl to the gods in whom ..."
4. Matthew Arnold by James Main Dixon (1906)
"CHAPTER VII A NINETEENTH CENTURY sadducee FROM the beginning of his career to
its close Arnold was a close and devout reader of the ..."
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