Purim

English

Etymology

From Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím, literally lots).

Proper noun

Purim

  1. (Judaism) A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a massacre.

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