/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- kh- ) of Asmonean Asmonae ( us ) of Hasmon ( Asmónaios ) + -AN ]