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Meaning of CHILDERMAS DAY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Chil"dermas day`\ [AS. cildam[ae]sse-d[ae]g;
cild child +d[ae]g day.] (Eccl.)
A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in
commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; --
called also {Holy Innocent's Day}.
 
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