Maccabean: alternatives and connections

The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and ther…

To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confedera…

Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied…

Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.

A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises

Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician o…

Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.

A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic ach…

One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.

A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts o…

The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.

A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of sever…

One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be…

A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.

In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England a…

An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of…

The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to scul…

In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.