Massacre of the Innocents (English, name)
expansion: the Massacre of the Innocents
Senses:
topics: Christianity
glosses: 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.
topics: government
politics
glosses: 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.
tags: UK
humorous
Forms:
form: the Massacre of the Innocents
tags: canonical