Childermas
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of Childermas
before 1000; Middle English chyldermasse, equivalent to Old English cildra (genitive plural of cild child ) + mæsse Mass
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These Childermas festivities took place in monastic as well as in secular churches, but they seem to have been more common in nunneries than in male communities.
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From other authorities it appears that the day of the week on which Childermas occurred was regarded as unfortunate throughout the year.
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The Confessor's Church as you will remember was consecrated on Childermas, the Holy Innocents' Day.
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On Wednesday, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, or Childermas, the dying king rouses himself sufficiently to sign the Charter of the foundation: but Edith his queen has to represent him at the consecration.
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On Childermas Day, New Year's Day, and Twelfth Night the same costly feasts were continued, only that on Thursday there was roast beef and venison pasty for dinner, and mutton and roast hens were served for supper.
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