Dictionary entry

Sadducee

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sad″du‐cee (?), n. [L. Sadducaei, p., Gr. �, Heb. Tsaddūkīm; — so called from Tsādōk, the founder of the sect.] One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels. — Sad′du‐ce″an (#), a.