Maccabees

/'mækәbi:z/

中文翻译

n. <<马卡比书>>

英文解释

n. pl. The name given 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.

n. pl. 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.

常见例句

Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the Maccabean princes

"There are amazing similarities between the Pilgrims’ quest for religious freedom and what the Maccabees were fighting for,” one organizer told the New York Daily News.“This a great opportunity for Jewish Americans to celebrate this country and for everyone to acknowledge the greatness of our shared religious freedoms.” > Combined holiday of Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah, hence "Thanksgivukkah," on November 28th,