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asmonean |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Asmonean \As`mo*ne"an\, a. Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as the Asmonean dynasty. [Written also {Asmon[ae]an}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Asmonean \As`mo*ne"an\, n. One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
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