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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean;

as, the

Asmonean

dynasty

[Written also

Asmonæan

Noun.

One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35

b. c.

Adj.

Pertaining to Asmoneus, the father of Simon, and chief of the Asmoneans, a family that reigned over the Jews 126 years.

Noun.

One of the family of Asmoneus.

Asmonean ‎(plural Asmoneans)

Asmonean ‎(not comparable)