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Hasmonaean

Hasmonaean is the archaic form of Hasmonean.

Meaning of Hasmonean

Noun

Hasmonean (plural Hasmoneans)

  1. (historical) A member of the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged.
    • I begin this chapter showing that Hasmonean policies, especially military campaigns, were supported by the Judaeans, and that the Hasmoneans acted on behalf of what they considered the basic interests and welfare of their Jewish subjects.2013, Eyal Regev, The Hasmoneans: Ideology, Archaeology, Identity, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 267

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Forms of Hasmonaean

pluralHasmonaeans

Questions about Hasmonaean

What is Hasmonaean the archaic form of?
Hasmonaean is the archaic form of Hasmonean.

Words near Hasmonaean in the dictionary

  1. Hasliberg
  2. Haslingden
  3. Haslingfield
  4. Haslington
  5. hasma
  6. Hasmonaean
  7. Hasmonaeans
  8. Hasmonean
  9. Hasmoneans
  10. hasn't
  11. hasna

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hasmonaean (page history and authors); Hasmonean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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