SADDUCEE

[Sad.du.cee] n [ME saducee, fr. OE sadduce, fr. LL sadducaeus, fr. Gk saddoukaios, fr. LHeb sadduqi] (bef. 12c): a member of a Jewish party of the intertestamental period consisting of a traditional ruling class of priests and rejecting doctrines not in the Law (as resurrection, retribution in a future life, and the existence of angels) -- Sad.du.cee.ism n