Definition of herod the great:
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Herod I or Herod the Great was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian kingdom of Judea.
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a 1958 Italian-French epic historical drama film directed by Victor Tourjansky.
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The pageant of Magnus Herodes (Herod the Great) is the sixteenth of the pageants of the Wakefield/Towneley Cycle of medieval mystery plays.