Maccabees

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Related terms

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Maccabees

1. Plural form of Maccabee.

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Singular Maccabees

Plural -

Maccabees

1. (Biblical) A book of the Old Testament Apocrypha.
2. (history) A Jewish liberation movement who fought for, and established independence in the Land of Israel during the second and first centuries BC.

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• Macc.