Purim

['pjuərim;pu:'ri:m]

(noun.) (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman.

Inputed by Jill--From WordNet

(n.) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman.

Typist: Louis

n. the feast of lots held about 1st of March in which the Jews commemorated their deliverance from the plot of Haman as related in Esther.

Editor: Rae