Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHILD'ER-MAS-DAY
CHILD'ER-MAS-DAY, n. [child, mass and day.]
An anniversary of the Church of England, held on the 28th of December, in commemoration of the children of Bethlehem slain by Herod; called also Innocents' Day. – Bailey. Encyc.
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