Sadduceeism
Sadduceeism noun: the practices, beliefs, or characteristics of the Sadducees.
Noun
Sadduceeism (usually uncountable, plural Sadduceeisms)
- The practices, beliefs, or characteristics of the Sadducees.
- Perceived skepticism regarding the supernatural or divine, especially angels, resurrection and witches; moderate atheism.
- That though Philosophical Discourses to justifie the common belief about Witches, are nothing at all to them, or those of their measure; yet they are too seasonable and necessary for our Age, in which Atheism is begun in Sadducism; And those that dare not bluntly say, There is NO GOD, content...1681, Joseph Glanvill, “Preface”, in Saducismus Triumphatus, page ii
- The doctrine, then, which is populary known as “annihilationism,”—which denies the immortality of the soul, and teaches that it perishes at death with the body, is in its main features SADDUCEEISM.1860, Israel Perkins Warren, Sadduceeism: A Refutation of the Doctrine of the Final Annihilation of the Wicked, page 4
Forms of Sadduceeism
| plural | Sadduceeisms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Sadducism |
Origin of Sadduceeism
From Sadducee + -ism.
Questions about Sadduceeism
- What does Sadduceeism mean?
- Sadduceeism means the practices, beliefs, or characteristics of the Sadducees.
- What part of speech is Sadduceeism?
- Sadduceeism is a noun.
- What is the plural of Sadduceeism?
- The plural of Sadduceeism is Sadduceeisms.
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