MACCABEES


Meaning of MACCABEES in English

n. members of the ancient Hasmonean priestly family and descendant of Mattathias (esp. refers to Judah the Maccabee and his brothers); followers of Judas Maccabeus; 4 books of Jewish history the first two of which are included in the Apocrypha

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