Purim

Pu·rim  (prm, p-rm)

n. Judaism

The 14th of Adar, observed in celebration of the deliverance of the Jews from massacre by Haman.

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

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Purim - (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud Jewish holy day - a religious holiday for Jews Adar - the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March)