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Purim

(po̵or′im, po̵̅o̅ rēm′)

noun

a Jewish holiday, the Feast of Lots, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Jews by Esther from a general massacre plotted by Haman: Esth. 9:21

Origin: Heb purim, pl., lit., lots < ? Akkadian pur, stone

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noun
Judaism

The 14th of Adar, observed in celebration of the deliverance of the Jews from massacre by Haman.

Origin:

Origin: Hebrew pûrîm

Origin: , pl. of pûr, lot (from the lots Haman cast to decide the day of the massacre, Esther 9:24-26)

Origin: , from Akkadian pūru, lot

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