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maccabean
Part of speech: Adjective Usage examples "maccabean":- Occasionally a fitful gleam of sunlight glides into the crowded Jewish quarters, and at once a more joyous note is heard, rising triumphant above the doleful plaint, a note which asserts itself exultingly on the celebration in memory of the Maccabean heroes, on the days of Purim, at wedding banquets, at the love- feasts of the pious brotherhood. - "Jewish Literature and Other Essays", Gustav Karpeles.
- Their love for it steadily grew until two centuries later during the Maccabean persecutions there were many who were ready to lay down their lives for it. - "The Makers and Teachers of Judaism", Charles Foster Kent.
- This victory in the year 166 B. C. was in many ways the most sweeping and significant in early Maccabean history. - "The Makers and Teachers of Judaism", Charles Foster Kent.