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Jewish festival also called "Feast of Lots"
Answer for the clue "Jewish festival also called "Feast of Lots" ", 5 letters:
purim
Alternative clues for the word purim
- Festival when hamantaschen are eaten
- Disapproving about climax of Hindu religious festival
- Jewish festival usually in March
- Time for hamantaschen
- Festival during which the book of Esther is read
- Jewish holiday when the book of Esther is read
- Holiday changed to Thanksgiving in "For Your Consideration"
- Festival of deliverance
- Jewish holiday in 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.