Machabean

Machabean woman; but when the sore hour of real separation comes, the soft, loving heart bends and weeps.

Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius

Eleazar and the seven Machabean brothers as examples of the dominion of pious reason.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The author of "Henoch" is said by a Samaritan writer to be the discoverer of astronomy, and the book contains valuable explanations in regard to astronomy and astrology at the time of the Machabean dynasty.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

Although he rarely expresses his own sentiments, the spirit pervading his work is proof that he was deeply religious, zealous for the Law, and thoroughly in sympathy with the Machabean movement and its leaders.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

But when, after the Machabean wars, both the royal and priestly powers were invested in the person of the Hasmonean kings, the authority of the Sanhedrin was naturally thrown in the background by that of the autocratic rulers.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

Had it been preserved there, it would most likely have been now and then alluded to, at least on occasion of such ceremonies as the consecration of the new temple, or the re-establishment of the worship, both after the exile and during the Machabean times.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

In this defence of the Machabean dynasty, and by a writer with

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

But the perfidious slaughter of sixty prominent Assideans, the cruelties of Bacchides, and the excesses of Alcimus's followers strengthened the Machabean party, and Bacchides had hardly left the country when Alcimus was forced to appeal to the king for help.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Arabia to the North some time about the fifth century B.C., for at the beginning of the Machabean period we find them already well established in that region.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Machabean party prevented him from exercising the office.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913