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PURIM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Purim mean?
• PURIM (noun)
The noun PURIM has 1 sense:
1. (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
Familiarity information: PURIM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Purim" is a kind of...):
Jewish holy day (a religious holiday for Jews)
Domain category:
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
Holonyms ("Purim" is a part of...):
Adar (the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March))
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