hasmonean

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Has⋅mo⋅ne⋅an

[haz-muh-nee-uh

–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.

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

naios) + -an

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