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Innocents' Day   /ˈɪnəsənts deɪ/   Listen
noun
Innocent  n.  
1.
An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
2.
An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. "In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent."
Innocents' day (Eccl.), Childermas day.





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"Innocents' day" Quotes from Famous Books



... here from the Confessor's church, when it was pulled down by Henry III. Both were called by the old English name of Editha. The elder is connected with the first historic foundation of the Abbey, for she, the Confessor's wife, was present at the consecration (Innocents' Day, 1066) of the choir and transepts, when her husband lay helpless on his deathbed. Her niece changed the Saxon name of Editha for the Norman Matilda or Maud when, by her marriage with Henry I., the two ...
— Westminster Abbey • Mrs. A. Murray Smith
... joined the popular actors William Kemp, the chief comedian of the day, and Richard Burbage, the greatest tragic actor, in 'two several comedies or interludes' which were acted on St. Stephen's Day and on Innocents' Day (December 27 and 28) at Greenwich Palace before the Queen. The players received 'xiiili. vjs. viiid. and by waye of her Majesties rewarde vili. xiiis. iiijd., in all xxli. {44a} Neither plays nor parts are named. Shakespeare's name stands ...
— A Life of William Shakespeare - with portraits and facsimiles • Sidney Lee


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