Look up: Esther

1. Esther
   [n] - (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen 2. [n] - a book of the Old Testament that tells how Esther saved her people from massacre
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2. Esther
   In the Old Testament, the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), who prevented the extermination of her people by the king's vizier Haman. Their deliverance is celebrated in the Jewish...
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3. Esther
   Book of Esther noun an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre
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4. Esther
   noun (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
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5. Esther
   (from the article `Purim`) When word of the planned massacre reached Esther, beloved Jewish queen of Ahasuerus and adopted daughter of Mordecai, she risked her life by going ... ...vizier and favourite of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I; reigned 486–465 ), determined by lot that the 13th of Adar was the day on which the Jews living ... ...
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6. Esther
   (from the article `Adams, Henry`) ...In this work he explored the dilemma of governing an egalitarian society in a political world in which the predominant tendency was to aggrandize ...
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7. Esther
   (from the article `Racine, Jean`) In response to requests from Louis XIV`s consort Madame de Maintenon, Racine returned to the theatre to write two religious plays for the convent ... ...the Maison Royale de Saint-Louis (known simply as Saint-Cyr), an institution for the education of impoverished young women of the nobility (1686). ... ...
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8. Esther
   Esther is a Persian girl name. The meaning of the name is `Star` Where is it used? The name Esther is mainly used In English, Jewish, French and In the bible.How do they say it elsewhere? Ester ( In Scandinavian) Ishtar ( In Near Eastern Mythology) Eszter ( In Hungarian) Esteri ( In Finnish) Estel...
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9. Esther
   Esther (es'tur) , book of the Bible. It is the tale of the beautiful Jewish woman Esther [Heb.,= Hadassah], who is chosen as queen by the Persian King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I or II) after he has repudiated his previous wife, Vashti. It tells how the wicked courtier Haman attempted to bring about the...
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10. Esther
    In the Old Testament, the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), who prevented the extermination of her people by the king's vizier Haman. Their deliverance is celebrated in the Jewish festival of Purim. Her story is told in the Old Testament book of Esther
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11. Esther
    (novel) `Esther` is a novel by Henry Brooks Adams first published in 1884 under the pen name "Frances Snow Compton". The book was republished in 1938, with an introduction by Robert E. Spiller. Plot introduction: The comic story deals with a young, freethinking socialite who ...
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12. Esther
    (car) and a Volvo 240 rear axle. `Esther` is a Lotus 7 type car made in Ugglerum, Sweden. The company was founded by Lars Svensson and Magnus Haferbier in 1987. They started off with a shingle wood board jig which had been used for earlier Lotus 7 copies in the Kalmar area. However new ideas ...
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13. Esther
    (Handel) `Esther` (HWV 50) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel and is generally acknowledged to be the first English oratorio. Handel set a libretto by John Arbuthnot and Alexander Pope after the Old Testament drama by Jean Racine. It is a short (1 hr. 40 min.) work compared to Ha...
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14. Esther
    (Millais painting) `Esther` (1865) is a painting by John Everett Millais depicting the central character from the Biblical Book of Esther. It is from Millais`s Aesthetic phase, when he was influenced by the work of Frederic Leighton and James McNeill Whistler. The painting depicts Esth...
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15. Esther
    (drama) `Esther` is the name of a play in three acts written in 1689 by the French dramatist, Jean Racine. It premiered on January 26, 1689, performed by the pupils of the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, an educational institute for young girls of noble birth. The subject is taken from t...
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