The Collaborative International Dictionary
Innocents' day
Innocent \In"no*cent\, n.
An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
--Shak.-
An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
--B. Jonson.In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent.
--Sir W. Scott.Innocents' day (Eccl.), Childermas day.
Usage examples of "innocents' day".
On Wednesday, 28 December, Childermas or Holy Innocents' Day, the great new church was consecrated, but he could not attend this fulfilment of his life's ambition.