Definitions for Hasmonean

Hasmonean Has·mo·ne·an

Spelling: [haz-muh-nee-uh n]
IPA: /ˌhæz məˈni ən/

Hasmonean is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 349 anagrams from letters in Hasmonean (aaehmnnos).

Definitions for Hasmonean

noun

  1. a member of a priestly family of Jewish rulers and leaders in Judea in the 1st and 2nd centuries b.c.

Origin of Hasmonean

1610-20; variant (with h- Hebrew kh-) of Asmonean Late Latin Asmōnae(us) of Hasmōn (Greek Asmṓnaios) + -an

Examples for Hasmonean

This last scion of the Hasmonean house held a brief royal sway from 40 to 37.

Their Hasmonean kingdom was the last independent Jewish state for more than 2,000 years, until Israel was created.

More deeds of needless bloodshed were perpetrated by his wanton command until every remnant of the Hasmonean house was destroyed.

Settlements and related issues—does anyone remember the Hasmonean Tunnel crisis?

The rabbis honored the victory won by the Maccabees, but despised the Hasmonean dynasty that came to power as a result.

This Yom Yerushalayim, we are still stuck in the Hasmonean period.

The Hasmonean monarchs who got themselves disliked by the Pharisees must therefore be villains.

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