单词 | purim |
释义 | Purimn. A lesser Jewish festival held in spring, on the 14th or 15th day of Adar, to commemorate the defeat of Haman's plot to destroy the Jews (as recorded in the book of Esther).There are also several special or local Purims, in imitation of the original festival. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > Jewish seasons and feasts > Purim > [noun] Purima1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Esther ix. 26 For that time these daȝis be clepid Furim [a1425 L.V. Phurym]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Esther ix. E They are the dayes of Purim, which are not to be ouerslipte amonge the Iewes. 1611 Bible (King James) Esther ix. 28 These dayes of Purim should not faile from among the Jewes, nor the memoriall of them perish from their seed. View more context for this quotation 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 523 As if we might consign A Purim, or a Feast to celebrate Some Victory. a1699 I. Abendana Disc. Eccl. & Civil Polity of Jews (1706) vi. 186 The Day after is that of Purim, which is a Feast. 1729 J. Entick Evid. Christianity 86 The Feast of Phurim. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. p. lxxvii/1 (note) We need only mention the purim, or deliverance of the Jews from the rage of Haman. 1878 G. R. L. Marriott tr. E. de Laveleye Primitive Prop. ix. 135 Pur in Hebrew signifies a lot, or proportional part, whence the commemoration feast of Purim. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. vii. 183 I must go to the Purim ball with him and Leah. 1908 Daily News 17 Mar. 4 In a Jewish Leap Year Adar is doubled and Purim falls in Adar the Second, which is the thirteenth month. 2006 Independent (Nexis) 21 Mar. 24 Two pretty girls in crazy costumes for the religious festival of Purim sprang from nowhere to kiss the architect of the once-so-hopeful Oslo accords. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382 |
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