Hasmonean
[ haz-muh-nee-uh n ]
/ ˌhæz məˈni ən /
noun
a member of a priestly family of Jewish rulers and leaders in Judea in the 1st and 2nd centuries b.c.
Compare
Maccabees.
Origin of Hasmonean
1610–20; variant (with
h- < Hebrew
kh-) of
Asmonean < Late Latin
Asmōnae(us) of
Hasmōn (< Greek
Asmṓnaios) +
-an