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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Herod the Great, king of the Jews, or to the family of Herod or its partizans.
- noun A member of a party among the Jews in the time of Christ and the apostles, adherents of the family of Herod.
- noun One of the Herodii or Herodiones.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Jewish Hist.) One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.
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