Childermas
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childermasnounHoly Innocents Day, Dec 28
Childermas
American
[chil-der-muhs]
/ ˈtʃɪl dər məs /
noun
Chiefly British.
childermas
British
/ ˈtʃɪldəˌmæs /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Childermas
before 1000; Middle English chyldermasse, equivalent to Old English cildra (genitive plural of cild child ) + mæsse Mass
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Childermas, a festival to commemorate the massacre of the children by Herod.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
To marry on Childermas Day was specially inauspicious.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Arthur C. Behrend
And not only among the Romans and Jews, but also among Christians, a like custom of observing such days is used, especially Childermas or Innocent's day.
From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey
On Wednesday, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, or Childermas, the dying king rouses himself sufficiently to sign the Charter of the foundation: but Edith his queen has to represent him at the consecration.
From The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History by Rose Georgina Kingsley
If it be lowering or wet on Childermas or Innocence Day, it threatens scarcity and mortality among the weaker sort of young people; but if the day be very fair, it promiseth plenty.
From Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
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