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This occurs in Adar
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purim
Alternative clues for the word purim
- Disapproving about climax of Hindu religious festival
- (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
- Jewish festival with hamantaschen
- Jewish holiday when the book of Esther is read
- Festival of deliverance
- Festival featuring hamantaschen
- Holiday celebrated during the month of Adar
- Celebration of deliverance
Word definitions for purim in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Purim (; Hebrew : Pûrîm " lots ", from the word pur , related to Akkadian : pūru ) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman , who was planning to kill all the Jews. This took place in the ancient Persian Empire . ...
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.