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Maccabean, -æan, a. and n.|mækəˈbiːən|
[f. Maccabee + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabæus or the Maccabees.
B. n. = Maccabee.
1821R. Laurence Bk. of Enoch 207 Between the period of the captivity, and the rise of the Maccabæan dynasty. 1840J. H. Howlett Metrical Chronol. (ed. 3) 16 Under the Maccabaean princes, what did the Jews become? 1845[see Maccabee]. 1890Church & Seeley (title) The hammer, a story of Maccabean times. 1920Q. Rev. July 4 His [sc. Disraeli's] party reaped the benefit of his Maccabean courage. 1952Gerth & Martindale tr. Weber's Anc. Judaism iv. xiv. 360 The high priest Onias, who in the confusion of Maccabean party struggles had escaped to Egypt..had not scrupled to build a temple there. 1973[see Hasmonean n. and a.]. |