Maccabees
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See also: Maccabées
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Proper noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
book of the Old Testament
Noun
Maccabees