Sadducee

See also: sadducee

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Sadducee (plural 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.

Coordinate terms

• Pharisee
• Essene

Translations

member of an ancient Jewish sect

• Aghwan: 𐔵𐔰𐔳𐕒𐕄𐔰𐕒𐕡𐕇 pl (zadoḳaux̣)
• Arabic: صَدُّوقِيّ (ṣaddūqiyy)
• Danish: saddukæer c
• Faroese: saddukeari m
• Finnish: saddukeus (fi)
• German: Sadduzäer m, Sadduzäerin f
• Greek:

  Ancient: Σαδδουκαῖος m (Saddoukaîos)

• Hebrew: צְדוֹקִי (he) m (ts'doqí)
• Irish: Sadúcach m
• Italian: sadduceo (it) m
• Latin: Saddūcaeus m
• Macedonian: садукеј m (sadukej)
• Plautdietsch: Saduzäa m
• Portuguese: saduceu
• Russian: саддуке́й (ru) m (saddukéj)
• Spanish: saduceo (es) m
• Swedish: sadducé (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂♀) sadukan, (♂) hisadukan, (♀) jisadukan, (collective, ♂♀) sadukanef