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ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
maccabeesOn the political level the response was the nationalist and fundamentalist revolt of the Maccabees.

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maccabees

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Maccabees

n. pl. 1. The name given in later times to the Asmonaeans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 b. c., which led to a period of freedom for Israel. Schaff-Herzog. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The name of two ancient historical books, which give accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books, two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint. [ 1913 Webster ]

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ii maccabees(n) an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus, Syn. 2 Maccabees
i maccabees(n) an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus, Syn. 1 Maccabees

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