ASMONEAN

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. [Written also Asmonæan.]

2.
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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