As`mo*ne"an (?), a. Of or pertaining
to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean;
as, the Asmonean dynasty. [Written also
Asmonæan.]
As`mo*ne"an, n. One of the Asmonean
family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35
b. c.