Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maccabees

/ˈmækəbiːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
mac-cabees
IPA
/ˈmækəbiːz/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of Maccabee

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How do you pronounce maccabees?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmækəbiːz/.
What does maccabees mean?
One of two books of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.

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