Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fast_of_esther

1 sense of fast of esther

Sense 1
Fast of Esther -- ((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)
       => minor fast day -- (one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar)