Maccabees
plural nounDefinition of Maccabees
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1 : a priestly family leading a Jewish revolt begun in 168 b.c. against Hellenism and Syrian rule and reigning over Palestine from 142 b.c. to 63 b.c.
2 singular in construction : either of two narrative and historical books included in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament and in the Protestant Apocrypha — see Bible Table
Maccabees
biographical nameDefinition of Maccabees (Entry 2 of 2)
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