Main Entry:

Sad·du·cee

Pronunciation:

\ˈsa-jə-ˌsē, ˈsa-dyə-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

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

Date:

before 12th century

: 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 (as resurrection, retribution in a future life, and the existence of angels)

— Sad·du·cee·ism \-ˌi-zəm\ noun