Term: 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
Candidate hypernym: minor fast day: one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar → 1
Candidate hypernym: leaf bud: a bud from which leaves (but not flowers) develop → 0
Candidate hypernym: gassing: the deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas → 0
Candidate hypernym: fox hunter: a mounted hunter who follows the hounds in pursuit of a fox → 0
Candidate hypernym: oophorosalpingectomy: surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes → 0
Candidate hypernym: sottishness: lack of restraint in use of alcohol → 0
Candidate hypernym: odyssey: a long wandering and eventful journey → 0
Candidate hypernym: pasigraphy: an artificial international language using characters (as mathematical symbols) instead of words to express ideas → 0
Candidate hypernym: brompton stock: European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental → 0
Candidate hypernym: blight: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting → 0
Candidate hypernym: ashlar: a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes → 0