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SADDUCEAN

\sˈadjuːsˌi͡ən], \sˈadjuːsˌi‍ən], \s_ˈa_d_j_uː_s_ˌiə_n]\

Definitions of SADDUCEAN

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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Of or pertaining to the Sadducees, a Jewish party that arose in the 2d century B. C.; opposed to the Maccabees and, later, to the Pharisees (Acts xxlil, 6-8). Sadducaean.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Pertaining to the Sadducces.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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