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40% | 12 | Annual Jewish observance commemorating Queen Esther's fast | ||||||
noun • (Judaism) a minor fast day on Adar 13 commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people; the fast is connected with Purim | ||||||||
34% | 6 | The heroine of the Book of Esther | ||||||
noun • (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) • an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre | ||||||||
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