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Hasmonean

/hæzməˈniːən/

Hasmonean adjective: of or relating to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean.

Adjective

Hasmonean (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Of or relating to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean.
    • Herod tried to bolster the legitimacy of his reign by marrying a Hasmonean princess, Mariamne, and planning to drown the last male Hasmonean heir at his Jericho palace.^([Wikipedia])
    • The complaint presents the Hasmonean government as though from its inception it was wholly and exclusively dependent on the grace and permission of Rome which was entrusted also with maintaining its internal code of laws.1987, Joshua Efrón, Studies on the Hasmonean Period, BRILL, page 231

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
    • The Hasmoneans were a Jewish family that fought the Seleucid rulers during the mid-second century B.C.E. to create an independent Jewish state, which they at first governed as its political leaders and high priests and then as it kings.2016, Kenneth Atkinson, A History of the Hasmonean State, Bloomsbury Publishing (Bloomsbury T&T Clark), page 23

Hasmonean meaning in Hindi

Hasmonean in Hindi

Of or pertaining to the family to which the Maccabees belonged
हश्मोनी haśmonī
Any member of the family to which the Maccabees belonged
हश्मोनी haśmonī

Forms of Hasmonean

Adjective
alternative formAsmonean
alternative formAsmonaean
alternative formHasmonaean
Noun
pluralHasmoneans

Origin of Hasmonean

From Latin Asmonaeus (latinized name of the family's founder) + English -an, from (Hellenic) Ancient Greek Ἀσαμωναῖος (Asamōnaîos), from Hebrew חַשְׁמוֹנַאי (ḥašmōnay).

Questions about Hasmonean

What does Hasmonean mean?
Hasmonean means of or relating to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean.
What is Hasmonean in Hindi?
Hasmonean in Hindi is हश्मोनी (haśmonī). See Hasmonean meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Hasmonean?
Hasmonean can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Hasmonean?
Hasmonean is pronounced /hæzməˈniːən/.

Words near Hasmonean in the dictionary

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

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