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Words related to maccabees

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  • assidean

    a member of a sect, characterized by its religious zeal and piety, that flourished in the 2nd century b.c. during the time of the Maccabees and vigorously resisted the Hellenization of Jewish culture and religion.

  • hanukkah

    a Jewish festival lasting eight days, celebrated from the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the 2nd of Tevet in commemoration of the rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees following their victory over the Syrians under Antiochus IV, characterized chiefly by the lighting of the menorah on each night of the festival.

  • hasmonean

    a member of a priestly family of Jewish rulers and leaders in Judea in the 1st and 2nd centuries b.c.

  • maccabean

    of or relating to the Maccabees or Judas Maccabaeus.
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