The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sadducean
Sadducee \Sad"du*cee\, n. [L. Sadducaei, p., Gr. ?, Heb. Tsadd[=u]k[=i]m; -- so called from Ts[=a]d[=o]k, the founder of the sect.] One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels. -- Sad`du*ce"an,
Usage examples of "sadducean".
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.