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Disapproving about climax of Hindu religious festival
Answer for the clue "Disapproving about climax of Hindu religious festival ", 5 letters:
purim
Alternative clues for the word purim
- Holiday changed to Thanksgiving in "For Your Consideration"
- Jewish festival also called "Feast of Lots"
- Holiday celebrating deliverance from Haman
- Festival during which the book of Esther is read
- Jewish feast
- Festival featuring hamantaschen
- It's celebrated on the 14th of Adar
- Time for hamantaschen
- 14th of Adar
Word definitions for purim in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Jewish festival on the 14th of Adar (in commemoration of the defeat of Haman's plot), late 14c., from Hebrew purim , literally "lots" (plural of pur ), identified with haggoral "the lot" (Esther iii:7, ix:24), perhaps from Akkadian puru "stone, urn," "which ...
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.