Meaning Of The Word Holy Innocents' Day

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Holy Innocents' Day in British English
a religious feast day (Dec. 28) honoring the children slain at Herod's command: Matt. 2:16
noun: Dec 28, a day commemorating the massacre of male children at Bethlehem by Herod's order (Matthew 2:16); Childermas
noun: December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order

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