holy innocents' day

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   December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem

   SynonymsInnocents' Day

   BroaderChristian holy day

Questions about holy innocents' day

What does holy innocents' day mean?

holy innocents' day means "December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem".

What is another word for holy innocents' day?

Close synonyms include Innocents' Day. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is holy innocents' day a common word?

holy innocents' day is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.