| Purim (n.) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman. Thesaurus Entries Fast of Av, Feast of Tabernacles, Feast of Weeks, Hanukkah, High Holy Days, New Year, Ninth of Av, Passover, Pentecost, Pesach, Purim, Rosh Hashanah, Shabuoth, Simhath Torah, Sukkoth, Yom Kippur, asceticism, cold purgatorial fires, fasting, flagellation, hair shirt, lustration, maceration, mortification, penance, penitence, penitential act, penitential exercise, purgation, purgatory, repentance, sackcloth and ashes |