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HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Holy Innocents' Day mean? 

HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY (noun)
  The noun HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY has 1 sense:

1. December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehemplay

  Familiarity information: HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Holy Innocents' Day; Innocents' Day

Hypernyms ("Holy Innocents' Day" is a kind of...):

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)


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