n.

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.

[Middle English Saducee, from Old English Sadducēas, Sadducees, from Late Latin Sadducaeī, from Greek Saddoukaioi, from Mishnaic Hebrew ṣədûqî, after ṣādôq, Zadok, high priest in the time of David and Solomon, from ṣādôq, just, righteous, from ṣādaq, to be just.]

Sadducean Sad'du·ce'an (-sē'ən) adj.
Sadduceeism Sad'du·cee'ism n.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - saddukæer

Nederlands (Dutch)
Sadduceeër

Français (French)
n. - Sadducée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sadduzäer (Mitglied einer jüdischen Sekte)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) Σαδδουκαίος

Italiano (Italian)
sadduceo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - saduceu (m)

Русский (Russian)
саддукей

Español (Spanish)
n. - saduceo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sadducé

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
撒都该教派

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 撒都該教派

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사두개 사람, 물질주의자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - サドカイ教徒, 物質主義者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) احد افراد طائفه يهوديه, الصدوقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בן כת יהודית בתקופת החשמונאים ואחריה שלא האמינה בתחיית המתים, צדוקי‬

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