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Purim
Pu·rim [ prim, poo rím ]


noun 
Definition:
 
Jewish festival: a Jewish festival marking the Jewish people's deliverance from a plot to massacre them.14th day of Adar.
[14th century. < Hebrew pū'rīm "lots (cast)"]
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