Sadduceeism
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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These views furnished the grounds for the charge of Sadduceeism preferred against him by his adversary.
From The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur by Emile Joseph Dillon
Boswell, with all his experience, never attained the mellow Sadduceeism of the diner-out.
From James Boswell Famous Scots Series by W. Keith (William Keith) Leask
It is clear that John was not a member of this holy community, which differed widely from the Pharisaism and Sadduceeism of the time.
From John the Baptist by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
"The fallen Spectre of Sadduceeism" was to be the trophy of Mather's victory; and Sewall's letter was to be the weapon to lay it low.
From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Charles Wentworth Upham
The reaction of superstition, it has been said, is to infidelity; and the reaction from Pharisaism was to Sadduceeism.
From John the Baptist by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
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