Holy Innocents' Day
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The youthful bishop was elected by the choir-boys, and exercised his functions until Holy Innocents' Day.
From Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
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 Rose Georgina Kingsley
Specimens of the sermons preached on Holy Innocents' Day have come down to us from the reigns of Henry VIII. and Mary, and are of extreme interest.
From The Customs of Old England by F. J. (Frederick John) Snell
The most important of the three feasts was that of the boys on Holy Innocents’ Day, a theoretically appropriate date.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Clement A. Miles
The collect for Holy Innocents' Day in our Prayer-book formed part of the service.
From Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
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