Sadducee
noun
Sad·du·cee ˈsa-jə-ˌsē 
ˈsa-dyə-
: a member of a Jewish party of the intertestamental period consisting of a traditional ruling class of priests and rejecting doctrines not in the Law (such as resurrection, retribution in a future life, and the existence of angels)
Sadduceeism
ˈsa-jə-ˌsē-ˌi-zəm
noun ˈsa-dyə-
Word History
Etymology
Middle English saducee, from Old English sadduce, from Late Latin sadducaeus, from Greek saddoukaios, from Late Hebrew ṣāddūqi
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above