Definition of: Sadducee

(saj′·sē, sad′y·sē) noun
A member of a strict Jewish school that arose in the second century B.C., and later became skeptical and traditionalistic, adhering only to the Mosaic law. [<LL Sadducaeus <Gk. Saddoukaios <Hebrew tsaddūgī, appar. after Tsaddūg Zadok (Ezek. xl 46)]
—Sad′du·ce′an, Sad′du·cae′an adjective
—Sad′du·cee′ism noun