the name of a Hebrew month, answering to the end of February and beginning of March, the 12th of their sacred, and 6th of their civil year. On the 7th A D D

7th day of it, the Jews keep a fast for the death of Moses; on the 13th, they have the fast of Esther; and on the 14th, they celebrate the feast of Purim, for their deliverance from Haman's conspiracy.