Maccabees
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See also: Maccabées
English[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Maccabees
- (biblical) One of two books of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) Macc.
- (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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Translations[edit]
book of the Old Testament
Noun[edit]
Maccabees