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‖ Purim
(ˈpjʊərɪm, ‖ puːˈriːm)
[Heb. pūˈrīm, pl. of pūr, a foreign word (perh. Assyrian or Persian) explained in Esther iii. 7, ix. 24, as = Heb. gōˈrāl lot.]
A Jewish festival observed on the 14th and 15th of the month Adar, in commemoration of the defeat of Haman's plot to massacre the Jews: see Esther ix.
There are also several special or local Purims, in imitation of the original feast.
1382Wyclif Esther ix. 26 Fro that time these daȝis be clepid Furim [1388 Phurym], that is, of lotis, forthi that fur, that is, lot, in to a pot was put. 1535Coverdale ibid. 28 They are the dayes of Purim, which are not to be ouerslipte amonge the Iewes. 1676Hale Contempl. i. 523 As if we might consign A Purim, or a Feast to celebrate Some Victory. 1908Daily News 17 Mar. 4 In a Jewish Leap Year Adar is doubled and Purim falls in Adar the Second, which is the thirteenth month.
attrib.1892Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. vii. 183, I must go to the Purim ball with him and Leah. |