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Holy Innocents' Day

a religious feast day (Dec. 28) honoring the children slain at Herod's command: Matt. 2:16

See Holy Innocents' Day in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Ecclesiastical

December 28, observed in commemoration of the slaughter of male infants in Bethlehem during Herod the Great's attempt to kill the infant Jesus.

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