sadducean

1. 1.

   of or relating to the Sadducees

Questions about sadducean

What does sadducean mean?

sadducean means "of or relating to the Sadducees".

How many syllables are in sadducean?

sadducean has 4 syllables and divides as sad-du-ce-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is sadducean a common word?

sadducean is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.