The Collaborative International Dictionary
Asmonean
Asmonean \As`mo*ne"an\, a. Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.
Asmonean
Asmonean \As`mo*ne"an\, n. One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
Usage examples of "asmonean".
The Asmonean princes were of another line, and when our Lord came the sceptre was in the hands of Herod, an Idumean Or Edomite.
The tombs that bear this title are of the time of the Asmonean princes, and of a more ambitious character than any other of the remains.