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Definition: Asmonean
Asmonean
\As`mo*ne"an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the
Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.
[Written also
Asmon[ae]an.]
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Asmonean
\As`mo*ne"an\, n.
One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and
rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
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