单词 | maccabee |
释义 | Maccabeen.adj. Jewish History. A. n. 1. Usually in plural. A member or supporter of a Jewish family, most notably Judas Maccabaeus, which led a religious revolt in Judaea against the Syrian Seleucid king Antiochus IV c167 b.c., as recorded in the Books of the Maccabees. Frequently in plural with the. Cf. Hasmonean n. and adj. the First (Second, etc.) Book of the Maccabees: each of four books of Jewish history and theology, of which the first two are included in the Apocrypha. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > Old Testament > [noun] MessiahOE Maccabeea1425 Septuagint1564 Japhethite1598 Sethite1659 Noachides1703 Japhetian1803 Maccabeana1831 a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Arun.) Macc. (heading) Here biginnith the firste book of Machabeies. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 465 Yai war lik to ye Machabeys yat as men in ye bibill seys [etc.]. 1550 Briefe & Compendiouse Table, Concordaunce Bible (title page) The thirde boke of the Machabees. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. x. §1. 377 Then Modin the Natiue Citie of the Macchabees. 1702 R. L'Estrange in tr. Josephus Wks. 1058 Flavius Josephus his discourse of the Maccabees. a1831 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) IX. 643/2 Hence, all who fought under that standard were called Maccabees, or Maccabeans. 1920 H. F. Henderson Relig. in Scotl. i. 16 The patriotism of the Jew, especially in the age of the Maccabees, was an ardent passion that enabled him to overcome enemies four times his number. 1992 G. Hancock Sign & Seal v. xi. 410 Like Josiah, I knew that Jeremiah had been credited in certain Jewish legends—and in the apocryphal book of Maccabees—with hiding the Ark. 2. In extended use. (In quot. 1751 colloquial: = Methody n.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Methodism > [noun] > person Maccabee1647 methodist1732 swaddler1747 Methody1753 Bible-bigot1766 Bible-moth1789 exemplarist1794 Metho1941 1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 25 The Saints Monopolie, the zealous Cluster, Which like a Porcupine presents a Muster, and Shoots his quills at Bishops and their Sees, A devout litter of young Maccabees. 1751 J. Wesley Jrnl. 30 Aug. (1756) 104 They laid hold on a poor Chimney-sweeper they met, tho' no Maccabee, (as the common People call us here). 1959 Listener 20 Aug. 292/2 The Maccabees of this small but resolute movement..were the Aaronsohn family. B. adj. Of or relating to the Maccabees. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > Old Testament > [adjective] Maccabean1609 Abrahamical1683 Abrahamic1699 Sethite1795 Maccabee1851 1851 R. Sainthill Let. 28 July in Numismatic Chron. (1852) 14 91 Judea remained a province of the Persian empire, and then of the Macedonian, until the Maccabee family, by their valour and policy, recovered the liberty and independence of the kingdom. 1865 Sunday at Home 194/2 But at length one of the Maccabee princes..subdued them. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 131/1 The Vatican [MS] does not contain the Maccabee books. 1984 M. Garcia-Pino & C. Parke tr. M. Glantz Genealogías in Missouri Rev. Summer 158 A candelabra for nine candles that is used to commemorate another falling of walls during the Maccabee rebellion. 2007 P. Camiller tr. H. Münkler Empires v. 136 The Maccabee revolt allows us to see how hard power and soft power worked together in the Seleucid empire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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