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Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.

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