Assidean

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assidean \As`si*de"an\, n. [Heb. kh[=a]sad to be pious.]
     One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic
     Jews, and supported the Asmoneans.
     [1913 Webster]