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Maccabees

Mac·ca·bees

Maccabees

 
pronunciation:
mae k biz
part of speech: plural noun
definition: the members of a ruling Jewish family who defeated the Syrians in 167 B.C. and rededicated the temple in Jerusalem, these events being commemorated in the festival of Hanukkah.