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Purim feast — feast held after the fast observed for the Jewish holiday of Purim … English contemporary dictionary
feast of lots — Usage: usually capitalized F&L : purim * * * Purim. * * * Feast of Lots The Jewish festival of Purim • • • Main Entry: ↑feast * * * Feast of Lots, = Purim. (Cf. ↑Purim) … Useful english dictionary
Feast of Lots — noun see purim * * * Purim. * * * Feast of Lots The Jewish festival of Purim • • • Main Entry: ↑feast * * * Feast of Lots, = Purim. (Cf. ↑Purim) … Useful english dictionary
Purim — • Jewish feast that commemorates the deliverance of the Jews from Haman Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Purim Purim † … Catholic encyclopedia
PURIM — (Heb. פּוּרִים), the feast instituted, according to the Book of esther (9:20–28), by mordecai to celebrate the deliverance of the Jews from haman s plot to kill them. Purim (Akk. pūrū, lots ) is so called (Esth. 9:26) after the lots cast by Haman … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Purim — [poor′im, po͞o rēm′] n. [Heb purim, pl., lit., lots < ? Akkadian pur, stone] a Jewish holiday, the Feast of Lots, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Jews by Esther from a general massacre plotted by Haman … English World dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Feast of Lots — Feast′ of Lots′ n. jud Purim … From formal English to slang
Feast of Lots — n. PURIM … English World dictionary
Feast of Lots — Purim. * * * … Universalium
Purim — and , the story of the attack on the Jews by Amalek, the progenitor of Haman, is also to be read.Purim gave rise to many religious compositions, some of which were incorporated into the . These include a large number of hymns intended for the… … Wikipedia
