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Meaning of PURIM

Pronunciation:  'pyûureem

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
 

PURIM is a 5 letter word that starts with P.

 

 See Also: Adar, Jewish holy day

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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