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asmonean
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asmonean, a.
Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. [1913 Webster]
asmonean, n.
One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c. [1913 Webster]
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