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FAST OF ESTHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fast of Esther mean? 

FAST OF ESTHER (noun)
  The noun FAST OF ESTHER has 1 sense:

1. (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 Purimplay

  Familiarity information: FAST OF ESTHER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAST OF ESTHER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Fast of Esther" is a kind of...):

minor fast day (one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)


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