Holy Innocent's Day

Holy Innocent's Day
Childermas day Chil"dermas day` [AS. cildam[ae]sse-d[ae]g; cild child +d[ae]g day.] (Eccl.) A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also {Holy Innocent's Day}. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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