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
Asmonaean.]
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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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