prop. n. (Geography) The capital
a. [ Pref. a- + smear. ] Smeared over. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean;
n. One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35