Massacre of the Innocents
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English
Proper noun
- (Christianity) The 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 two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.
- (UK, politics, humorous) The abandonment of potentially useful measures at the end of a session in the House of Commons, since there is no time to pass them.
Translations
Christianity: incident in the nativity narrative
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References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary