herodian means of or relating to the Biblical Herod or the line of kings of which he was a part. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
Etymology
From Herod + -ian.
adj
- Of or relating to the Biblical Herod or the line of kings of which he was a part.“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.”
noun
- One of a sect or party mentioned in the New Testament as having, in Galilee and Jerusalem, manifested an unfriendly disposition towards Jesus.