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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Purim

/po͝or'-əm/ · Pu·rim · IPA /ˈpʊəɹɪm/
01 n. A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman.
  1. 1.
    A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman.