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Preferred term

Purim  

Definition

  • Jewish feast celebrated annually on the l4th, and in Shushan, Persia, also on the 15th, of Adar, in commemoration of the deliverance of the Persian Jews from the plot of Haman to exterminate them, as recorded in the Book of Esther [Jewish Encyclopedia online]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Feast of Lots

Notation

  • 121552

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-L4D8NZ1W-P

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