Sadducean
Americanadjective
noun
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Sadduceans
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According to Sadducean principles the man who was convicted of falsely accusing another of a capital offence was not put to death unless his victim was already executed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
Sadducean Denial of the Resurrection.—As set forth in the text, the Sadducees formed an association numerically small as compared with the more popular and influential Pharisees.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by James Edward Talmage
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.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
The ruling Sadducean priesthood insisted on the rigid enforcement of the law.
From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler
On the other hand, Sadducean control was notoriously and infamously corrupt.
From Religion and the War by Various
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