book of esther

English Thesaurus

1. an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre (noun.communication)

instance hypernym	:	book,
definition	:	a major division of a long written composition (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	old testament,
definition	:	the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	hagiographa, ketubim, writings,
definition	:	the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures (noun.communication)