Asmonean
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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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
asmonean — I. see asmonaean II. noun see hasmonaean * * * /az meuh nee euhn/, n. Hasmonean. Also, Asmonaean. * * * Asmonean var. Hasmonean … Useful english dictionary
Asmonean — /az meuh nee euhn/, n. Hasmonean. Also, Asmonaean. * * * … Universalium
Asmonaean — 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}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Hasmonean — /haz meuh nee euhn/, n. a member of a priestly family of Jewish rulers and leaders in Judea in the 1st and 2nd centuries B.C. Also, Hasmonaean, Asmonean, Asmonaean. Cf. Maccabees. [1610 20; var. (with h < Heb kh ) of Asmonean < LL Asmonae(us) of… … Universalium
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