English Explanatory Dictionary

Purim spiel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A (usually comic) theatrical reenactment of the book of Esther.

Word forms

Purim spiel Purim spiels

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פּורימשפּיל (purimshpil).

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