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hasmonaean

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Has⋅mo⋅ne⋅an

  [haz-muh-nee-uhn]
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–noun
a member of a priestly family of Jewish rulers and leaders in Judea in the 1st and 2nd centuries b.c.
Also, Has⋅mo⋅nae⋅an, Asmonean, Asmonaean.
Compare Maccabees.

Origin:
1610–20; var. (with h- < Heb kh-) of Asmonean < LL Asmōnae(us) of Hasmōn (< Gk Asmnaios) + -an
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