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A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman.

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  1. n. A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman.
  2. n. (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
  3. A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman. Esther ix. 26.
  4. A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted tocommemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations ofHaman. Esther ix. 26.
  5. n. (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman