Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to a Hellenistic dynasty founded by Seleucus I after the death of Alexander the Great. It ruled much of Asia Minor from 312 to 64 BC.
  • noun A member or subject of this dynasty.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to Seleucus or the royal dynasty of the Seleucids in Syria: as, a Seleucid coin.
  • noun One of the Seleucidæ.

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  • adjective relating to the Greek-Macedonian dynasty which ruled (312 BC–63 BC) an empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great
  • noun a member of this dynasty

Etymologies

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From Latin Seleucides, from Ancient Greek Σελευκίδης, named after Seleucus I Nicator.

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Examples

  • They launched a war against the Seleucid king, but were beaten down by his troops and a garrison of his soldiers was established on a citadel north of the Temple.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • As in the Koran, the biblical Alexander has horns, though they are ten in number, representing the evil rulers of the Seleucid line who contended for control of Palestine after his death.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • As in the Koran, the biblical Alexander has horns, though they are ten in number, representing the evil rulers of the Seleucid line who contended for control of Palestine after his death.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • The author of 1 Maccabees portrayed the Maccabean revolt as a rising of pious Jews against the annihilation of their religion by the oppressive, Hellenizing Seleucid king and the Jews who supported him.

    Shawna Dolansky: The Truth(s) About Hanukkah Shawna Dolansky 2011

  • They launched a war against the Seleucid king, but were beaten down by his troops and a garrison of his soldiers was established on a citadel north of the Temple.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • But even with the withdrawal of Seleucid power from the Indus valley, Greek culture and influence survived in the distant East for centuries.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Originally founded by the Seleucid branch of Alexander's empire about 300 B.C., the city hosted successive cultures, including the Romans, until it was sacked in A.D. 256 by Perso-Sassanians.

    Rare Objects, Rarer Practices Melik Kaylan 2011

  • According to Ariel, It is rare to find Ptolemaic coins in Israel dating after the country came under Seleucid rule in 200 BCE.

    Ancient Coins: Gold Octodrachm (Mnaieion) Coin Minted in Alexandria by Ptolemy V in 191 BCE Found In Israel : Coin Collecting News 2010

  • Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication and rededication, celebrates and commemorates one of the first recorded fights for religious freedom; the successful revolt of an assimilated but strongly identifying Jewish minority against the much stronger cultural majority of the Seleucid Greeks.

    Rabbi Barry A. Kenter: Hanukkah: Not Quite The Jewish Christmas Rabbi Barry A. Kenter 2011

  • In Hebrew School we learned the story of the Maccabees, men who fought for their right to remain Jewish in the Hellenistic world of the Seleucid Empire when King Antiochus tried to ban Judaism.

    Shawna Dolansky: The Truth(s) About Hanukkah Shawna Dolansky 2011

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