2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Purim noun: (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Purim \Pu"rim\, noun [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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