hasidaean
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hasidean — or hasidaean Usage: usually capitalized variant of assidean * * * /has i dee euhn, hah si /, n. Judaism. Assidean. Also, Hasidaean … Useful english dictionary
Assidean — /as i dee euhn/, n. Judaism. a member of a sect, characterized by its religious zeal and piety, that flourished in the 2nd century B.C. during the time of the Maccabees and vigorously resisted the Hellenization of Jewish culture and religion.… … Universalium
Hasidean — /has i dee euhn, hah si /, n. Judaism. Assidean. Also, Hasidaean. * * * ▪ ancient Jewish sect Hebrew Ḥasid, or Chasid (“Pious One”), plural Ḥasidim, or Chasidim, member of a pre Christian Jewish sect of uncertain origin, noted for… … Universalium
Book of Jubilees — Book of Jubilees † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Book of Jubilees (ta Iobelaia). An apocryphal writing, so called from the fact that the narratives and stories contained in it are arranged throughout in a fanciful chronological system… … Catholic encyclopedia
