Meaning Of The Word Maccabees
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Maccabees in American English
family of Jewish patriots who, under Judas Maccabaeus, headed a successful revolt against the Syrians (175-164 b.c.) & ruled Palestine until 37 b.c. noun: the members of the Hasmonean family of Jewish leaders and rulers comprising the sons of Mattathias and their descendants and reigning in Judea from 167? to 37 b.c., esp. Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, who defeated the Syrians under Antiochus IV in 165 Maccabees in British English noun: a Jewish family of patriots who freed Judaea from Seleucid oppression (168–142 bc) |
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