Holy Innocents' Day
noun
1.
December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
Also called
Innocents' Day
.
British Dictionary definitions for
Holy Innocents' Day
Holy Innocents' Day
noun
1.
Dec 28, a day commemorating the massacre of male children at Bethlehem by Herod's order (Matthew 2:16); Childermas