Etymology

Sadducee

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Hebrew צדוקי
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromצדוקי“Sadducee”
  2. English todaySadducee

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.