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
Example Sentences
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The Confessor's Church as you will remember was consecrated on Childermas, the Holy Innocents' Day.
From The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History by Kingsley, Rose Georgina
To marry on Childermas Day was specially inauspicious.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.
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 Kingsley, Rose Georgina
In the Prologue to the Miracle Play, Childermas Day, 1512, the minstrels are requested to 'do their diligence,' and at the end of the Play to 'geve us a daunce.'
From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)
It was to be christened Holy Innocents' Church on Childermas Day, was it not?
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Cripps, Arthur Shearly
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