Audio English.net » Dictionary » H » Hollerith Card ... Holy Person

HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY

Dictionary entry overview: What does Holy Innocents' Day mean?

• HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY (noun)
The noun HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY (noun)

Sense 1

Holy Innocents' Day ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Holy Innocents' Day; Innocents' Day

Hypernyms ("Holy Innocents' Day" is a kind of...):

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"Close but no cigar." (English proverb)

"The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)

"When a tree falls, the monkeys scatter." (Chinese proverb)

"Comparing apples and pears." (Dutch proverb)

Page delivered in 0.1174 seconds