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Definition or meaning of the English word Maccabees
The name given later times to the Asmonaeans; 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. (n. pl.).
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 a (n. pl.).
