Purim
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Pu·rim 
[poor-im; Seph. Heb. poo-reem; Ashk. Heb. poor-im] Pronunciation Key
[poor-im; Seph. Heb. poo-reem; Ashk. Heb. poor-im] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 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') Pronunciation Key
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
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| purim | |
noun | |
| (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Purim [(poor-im)]
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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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