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Maccabees
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What's The Definition Of Maccabees?Synonyms | Synonyms for Maccabees: Related Terms | Find terms related to Maccabees: See Also | Maccabees In Webster's Dictionary \Mac"ca*bees\, n. pl.
1. The name given later times to the Asmon[ae]ans, a family
of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the
reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a
period of freedom for Israel. --Schaff-Herzog.
2. The name of two ancient historical books, which give
accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the
Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical
books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in
the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books,
two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint.
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