Bairam

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bairam \Bai*ram"\, n. [Turk. ba["i]r[=a]m.]
     Either of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one (the {Lesser
     Bairam}) is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and
     the other (the {Greater Bairam}) seventy days after the fast.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]