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Festival of deliverance
Answer for the clue "Festival of deliverance ", 5 letters:
purim
Alternative clues for the word purim
- Festival for which hamantaschen are baked
- March time?
- Festival when hamantaschen are eaten
- Adar festival
- Holiday changed to Thanksgiving in "For Your Consideration"
- Holiday celebrating deliverance from Haman
- (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
- Jewish festival with hamantaschen
Word definitions for purim in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Purim \Pu"rim\, n. [Heb. p[=u]r, pl. p[=u]r[imac]m, a lot.] A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman. --Esther ix. 26.
Usage examples of purim.
He taught them to eat out-of-doors during Succoth, and of course he taught them to drink themselves to a merry stupor on Purim.