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Holy Innocents' Day

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun December 28 or 29, observed in commemoration of the slaughter of male infants in Bethlehem during Herod the Great's attempt to kill the infant Jesus.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem

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