Sadducee

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Sadducee

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Possibly, from Hebrew צדוקי (ts'dokí, “Sadducee”), whence also Zadokites or other variants.

noun Sadducees

  1. historical A member of an ancient Jewish sect possibly formed as a political party in the 2nd century BCE and existing until around the 1st century CE.

    Similar: Sadducean

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noun member of an ancient Jewish sect

Españolsaduceo
中文撒都該人 /撒都该人 Sādūgāirén
हिन्दीसदूकी sadūkī
Portuguêssaduceu
Françaissadducéen
DeutschSadduzäer, Sadduzäerin
Italianosadduceo
Русскийсаддуке́й saddukéj
العربيةصَدُّوقِيّ ṣaddūqiyy
עבריתצְדוֹקִי ts'doqí

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@misc{sadducee_2026,
  title = {Sadducee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sadducee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}