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Jewish festival usually in March
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purim
Alternative clues for the word purim
- It's celebrated on the 14th of Adar
- Festival in the month of Adar
- Time for hamantaschen
- (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
- 14th of Adar
- Jewish festival also called "Feast of Lots"
- Jewish holiday featuring readings from the Book of Esther
- This occurs in Adar
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.
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.