- Sadducism
- Sadduceeism Sad"du*cee`ism, Sadducism Sad"du*cism, n. The tenets of the Sadducees. [1913 Webster]
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Sadduceeism — n. Sadducism, principles of the Sadducees … English contemporary dictionary
