Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Purim"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Purim
n : (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance
from massacre by Haman [syn: {Purim}]
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