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Festival in the month of Adar
Answer for the clue "Festival in the month of Adar ", 5 letters:
purim
Alternative clues for the word purim
- Holiday changed to Thanksgiving in "For Your Consideration"
- Holiday celebrated during the month of Adar
- Festival featuring hamantaschen
- Holiday in the month of Adar
- Holiday a month before Passover
- Time for hamantaschen
- Feast of Lots
- Festival for which hamantaschen are baked
- Jewish holiday when the book of Esther is read
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.