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Sadʹducees

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A Jewish party which denied the existence of spirits and angels, and, of course, disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead; so called from Sadoc (righteous man), thought to be the name of a priest or rabbi some three centuries before the birth of Christ. As they did not believe in future punishments, they punished offences with the utmost severity.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Sacrifice to the Graces
Sacring Bell
Sacripant
Sad Bread (Latin, pavis gravis)
Sad Dog (He’s a)
Sadah
Sadda
Sadder and a Wiser man (A)
Saddle
Saddletree (Mr. Bartoline)
Sadducees
Sadi or Saadi
Sadler’s Wells (London)
Sadlerian Lectures
Sæhrimnir [Sza-rim-ner]
Safa
Safety Matches
Saffron
Saffron Veil
Saga (plural Sagas)
Sagan of Jerusalem

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