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Hasmonean, n. and a.|hæzməʊˈniːən|
Also Ash-, -æan, Asmonean, -æan.
[f. mod.L. Asmōnæus, f. ἀσαµωναῖος (Josephus) = ḥašmōnây, name of the reputed grandfather of Mattathias.]
A. n. A member of a Jewish dynasty or family to which the Maccabees belonged.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this dynasty.
1620Lodge tr. Josephus xiv. xxviii. 381 Thus ended the estate of the Asmoneans, after 120. and sixe yeeres. Ibid. marg., The end of the Asmonean family. 1832H. Cotton Five Bks. Maccabees 50 Ashmonæan princes. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 485 Asmonæans. 1880Encycl. Brit. XIII. 421/2 A certain priest Mattathias, of the family of the Hasmonæans. 1898Expositor Apr. 273 The Hasmonean priestly dynasty. 1926E. F. Scott 1st Age Christianity i. 16 In virtue of his priestly descent the Asmonaean king could also hold the office of high-priest. 1956A. Toynbee Historian's Approach to Religion x. 134 A short-lived Hasmonaean successor-state. 1973Sci. Amer. Jan. 80/2 We would know nothing of the political fortunes of the Hasmonean dynasty, which followed the Maccabean revolt. |