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childermas day
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childermas day, [AS. cildamæsse-dæg; cild child +dæg 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 . [1913 Webster]
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