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