Definitions for Assidean

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Assidean As·si·de·an

Spelling: [as-i-dee-uh n]

IPA: /ˌæs ɪˈdi ən/

Assidean is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 246 anagrams from letters in Assidean (aadeinss).

Definitions for Assidean

noun

1. a member of a sect, characterized by its religious zeal and piety, that flourished in the 2nd century b.c. during the time of the Maccabees and vigorously resisted the Hellenization of Jewish culture and religion.

Origin of Assidean

1605-15; Greek Assidaî(oi) (plural) (Hebrew hasīdhīm pious ones; cf. Hasid) + -an

Examples for Assidean

These were the Chassidim (Greek, Assidean), meaning the pious.