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Judaea

Judaea is the alternative spelling of Judea.

Meaning of Judea

Proper noun

Judea

  1. Roman rendition of Judah. Used after the fall of the Davidic dynasty and through the period as part of the Roman Empire.
    • In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus' master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Maccabees 1:10

Questions about Judaea

What is Judaea the alternative spelling of?
Judaea is the alternative spelling of Judea.

Words near Judaea in the dictionary

  1. Jucy Lucy
  2. Jucy Lucys
  3. jud
  4. Jud.
  5. Juda
  6. Judaea
  7. Judaean
  8. Judaean Aramaic
  9. Judaeans
  10. Judaeism
  11. Judaeo-

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