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Pu⋅rim

  [poor-im; Seph. Heb. poo-reem; Ashk. Heb. poor-im]
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–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')   
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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