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massacre of the innocents

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables
mas-sacre of the in-no-cents
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

name

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.

British usage; Humorous

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Massacre of the Innocents (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

Childermas

Questions

What does massacre of the innocents mean?
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.

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