Judas Maccabaeus

noun

1. Maccabaeus, Judas.

Judas Maccabaeus

/ ˌmækəˈbiːəs /

noun

1. Judas Maccabaeus2nd century bc2nd century bcMJewishPOLITICS: military leader Jewish leader, whose revolt (166–161 bc ) against the Seleucid kingdom of Antiochus IV (Epiphanes) enabled him to recapture Jerusalem and rededicate the Temple

Example Sentences

We ended the service with an old Methodist rabble-rouser, “Thine Be the Glory, Risen Conquering Son,” sung to a tune from Handel’s “Judas Maccabaeus.”

From The New Yorker

First performed in 1747, Judas Maccabaeus was among Handel's most popular works in the 18th and 19th centuries, though nowadays we are apt to regard it as among his most controversial.

From The Guardian

In later days the Edomites held it for a time, but Judas Maccabaeus recovered it.

From Project Gutenberg

The music for this finale is lifted from the “Hallelujah” chorus that concludes Handel’s oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus.”

From New York Times

Its shapely arias and robust choruses are mostly hymns of praise, either to God or to Judas Maccabaeus, the general who led the Israelite army, with occasional paeans to liberty and rejections of idolatry.

From New York Times