Associations to the word «Hasmonean»

Wiktionary

HASMONEAN, adjective. Of or relating to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean.
HASMONEAN, noun. A member of that family.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.