Maccabaeus

[ mak-uh-bee-uhs ]

noun

1. Judas or Ju·dah [joo, -d, uh], the Hammer, died c. 160 b.c., Judean patriot, one of the Maccabees: military leader 166–160 (son of Mattathias).

Example Sentences

But after Handel abandoned writing those operas, the 1740s were defined for him by oratorios like “Messiah,” “Hercules,” “Judas Maccabaeus” and “Semele,” which Bicket and the English Concert performed in 2019 as part of their richly rewarding Handel series at Carnegie.

From New York Times

“See the Conquering Hero,” from his oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus,” is now a Hanukkah song for children called “Hava Narima.”

From New York Times

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