Herodian

English Etymology From en Herod ian. Noun One of a sect or party mentioned in the New Testament as having, in Galilee and Jerusalem, manifested an unfriendly disposition towards Jesus. Translations member of a New-Testament sect hostile to Jesus Catalan: ca herodià m Latin: la Hērōdiānī m-p Adjective Of or relating to the Biblical Herod or the line of kings of which he was a part. en 2011 Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East Simon Sebag Montefiore 349 As the walls arose, the viceroy of Syria presided, Suleiman's imperial architect Sinan probably inspected the work on his way home from Mecca: thousands of workers laboured, new stones were quarried, old stones purloined from ruined churches and Herodian palaces, and the ramparts and gates carefully fused with the Herodian and Umayyad walls around the Temple Mount. Further reading Anagrams en adehinor ironhead rhoeadin en eponyms