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SADDUCEE

\sˈadjuːsˌiː], \sˈadjuːsˌiː], \s_ˈa_d_j_uː_s_ˌiː]\

Definitions of SADDUCEE

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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One of an ancient aristocratic Jewish sect that denied the resurrection of the dead.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

One of a Jewish school or party who denied the resurrection, the existence of spirits, and a future state.
SADDUCEEISM.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

One of a moderate rationalistic party of the old school among the Jews, who held by the written word to the exclusion of tradition, and denied the doctrine of immortality or the separate existence of the spirit.

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

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