Maccabees

Maccabees
Maccabees Mac"ca*bees, n. pl. 1. The name given in later times to the Asmon[ae]ans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 b. c., which led to a period of freedom for Israel. --Schaff-Herzog. [1913 Webster]

2. The name of two ancient historical books, which give accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books, two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint. [1913 Webster]


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  • Maccabees — /ˈmækəbiz/ (say makuhbeez) plural noun 1. a family of heroes, deliverers of Judea during the Syrian persecutions of 175–164 BC. 2. either of two books of this name included in the Old Testament in some versions of the Bible, recording the… …  

  • Maccabees — n.pl. (in full Books of the Maccabees) four books of Jewish history and theology, of which the first and second are in the Apocrypha. Derivatives: Maccabean adj. Etymology: the name of a Jewish family that led a revolt c.170 BC under Judas… …   Useful english dictionary

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