Sadducean

American  

[saj-uh-see-uhn, sad-yuh-see-uhn] / ˌsædʒ əˈsi ən, ˌsæd yəˈsi ən /

adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of the Sadducees.

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noun

plural

Sadduceans

1. Sadducee.

Example Sentences

A kingdom of souls, if not intolerable to his Sadducean faith, seemed to him but an abstraction drawn from the depths of a devotion too fond and dreamy.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis

The question about the resurrection was probably a familiar Sadducean problem with which they made merry at the expense of the scribes.

From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rhees, Rush

And this is the more remarkable from the fact that the Gospels are in no sense more Sadducean than the Book of Enoch.

From The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself by Sadler, Michael Ferrebee

The ruling Sadducean priesthood insisted on the rigid enforcement of the law.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann

The new doctrines had spread rapidly p. 269in various directions, and were professed by several of the Effendi class in Jerusalem—the old story repeated of Sadducean principles obtaining among the rich and the luxurious. 

From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James