Definition for IN-FANT'I-CIDE

IN-FANT'I-CIDE, n. [Low L. infanticidium; infans, an infant, and cædo, to kill.]

  1. The intentional killing of an infant.
  2. The slaughter of infants by Herod. Matth. ii.
  3. A slayer of infants.

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