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Pu⋅rim

  [poor-im; Seph. Heb. poo-reem; Ashk. Heb. poor-im]
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a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman.
Origin:
< Heb pūrīm, pl. of pūr lot
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Pu·rim   (pōōr'ĭm, pŏŏ-rēm')   
n.   Judaism
The 14th of Adar, observed in celebration of the deliverance of the Jews from massacre by Haman.

[Hebrew pûrîm, pl. of pûr, lot (from the lots Haman cast to decide the day of the massacre, Esther 9:24-26), from Akkadian pūru, lot.]
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Purim [(poor-im)]

A Jewish festival celebrated each spring before Passover. It commemorates the deliverance of the Jews from wholesale slaughter by Haman. (See Esther.)

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Word Origin & History

Purim 
1382, Jewish festival on the 14th of Adar (in commemoration of the defeat of Haman's plot), from Heb. purim, lit. "lots" (pl. of pur), identified with haggoral "the lot" (Esther iii.7, ix.24), perhaps from Akkad. puru "stone."
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