Sadducismn.
/ˈsadjᵿsɪz(ə)m/, /ˈsadʒᵿsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈsædʒəˌsɪz(ə)m/, /ˈsædjəˌsɪz(ə)m/ 1. = Sadduceeism n. 1.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun]
secularity1395
sieclec1400
worldlishipa1425
worldliness?c1430
worldlihoodc1443
mundanity1506
secularness?1529
carnality1548
carnalness1549
earthliness1549
rudiments of the world1557
Sadduceeism1577
Sadducism1581
earthly-mindedness1603
temporalness1611
worldly-mindedness1621
corporality1628
unspiritualness1642
civility1644
corporeity1653
materialism1822
unspirituality1843
secularism1851
terrestrialism1856
temporalism1872
this-worldliness1872
despiritualization1874
this-worldism1883
this-worldness1930
1581 W. Allen Apol. Two Eng. Colleges vi. f. 93 v Are they giuen to sacrilege, to irreligiositie, Epicurisme, Sadducisme, or Atheisme?
1647 H. More Philos. Poems To Rdr. 6/2 The best Antidotes against that earthly and cold disease of Sadducisme and Atheisme.
a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) ii. 309 The Discourse may prove as useful for the reclaiming men from Saducism.
1741 E. Holyoke (title) The duty of ministers of the Gospel to guard against the Pharisaism and Sadducism, of the present day.
1778 W. Cookworthy & T. Hartley in tr. E. Swedenborg Treat. Heaven & Hell Pref. p. vii A general disbelief of all things supernatural has..introduced Sadducism amongst us, to the denying of all spiritual visions and apparitions of angels as things incredible.
1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 188/2 I must speak to my wife's brother..who, I fear, is strongly inclined to Sadducism.
1868 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 219 If persecution of witches was especially rife during the ascendency of the Puritans, it was because they happened to be in power while there was a reaction against Sadducism.
1926 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 17 5 The authority of Scripture and the very foundations of religion itself were being undermined by the Sadducism of the Judge.
1997 S. Clark Thinking with Demons (1999) ix. 136 Sadducism concerning witchcraft was intolerable..because denial of spirits in one area led to denial of spirits in others.
2. = Sadduceeism n. 2.
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society > faith > sect > Judaism > Jewish sects > [noun] > Sadducism
Sadducism1596
Sadduceeism1827
1596 H. Broughton Daniel sig. Pij They to whom Christ gaue victories, disdisdained the office of white linen and continuall sacrifice, and would be heathen-like kings, and brought in Saducisme.
1851 N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 333 The Pharisaism and Sadducism of the Jews.
1866 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 8 p. ix Karaism was a revival of Sadducism.
1938 Jewish Q. Rev. 29 185 It is altogether probable that even after the overthrow of Sadducism, there were backward communities where old Sadducean practices continued to be followed.
2000 H. W. Basser Stud. in Exegesis i. 48 The students of Zadok and Baethos began the heretical movements of Sadducism and Baethosism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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