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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Childermas Day

    The day of the week, throughout the year, answering to the day on which the feast of the holy Innocents is solemnized, which weak and superstitious persons think an unlucky day.

    Etymology: from child and mass.

    So you talk not of hares, or such uncouth things; for that proves as ominous to the fisherman, as the beginning of a voyage on the day when childermas day fell, doth to the mariner. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

Wikipedia

  1. childermas day

    The Massacre of the Innocents is an incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem. Christians venerate them as the first Christian martyrs. A majority of Herod biographers, and "probably a majority of [...] biblical scholars," hold the event to be myth or legend.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Childermas day

    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

  2. Etymology: [AS. cildamsse-dg; cild child +dg day.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of childermas day in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of childermas day in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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