Maccabees
plural nounDefinition of Maccabees
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
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